This morning we went to Dr D's for our scheduled embryo transfer. We were anxious because we didn't know how many embryos we would have remaining and still hadn't made a final decision on how many we would transfer. Once we arrived we got very good news. Of our 8 fertilized embryos, 6 were still viable. The cute grey blob you see above was the best one. The others are looking good but were not quite as advanced (likely because they weren't fertilized as quickly). Dr. D recommended based on our age and the quality of our embryos that we transfer only 1 but ultimately the decision was ours to do 1 or 2. Drum roll please....
We quickly decided we would only transfer 1 embryo. Dr. D said that he expects most of the 5 remaining will continue developing and be able to be frozen for later use. We will hear tomorrow how many fully developed and were frozen. If this cycle doesn't work we will skip a cycle and then be able to thaw an embryo for another shot in 2 months. Dr D's success rates suggest that we have a 53% chance that this cycle work. If it doesn't his success rate after thawing our frozen embryos is 50% per cycle.
After deciding on a single embryo we moved along to the procedure room as the staff prepared for our transfer. They did a test run with the catheter to make sure everything was in the right place and avoid any surprises. Then they loaded the catheter with our little embryo and injected it into my uterus. Once the catheter is removed, the walls of the uterus collapse around the embryo preventing it from escaping. If all goes well, the embryo will hatch from its protective shell today and implant into the uterine lining as early as tomorrow.
After the procedure we had a quick meeting with Dr D. He told us that he didn't like to give anyone false hope, but that hope was important and so far everything had gone as well as possible. It is a little surreal at this point to think we could finally be pregnant but we are excited and hopeful. We return in 8 days for a pregnancy test. Thank you for all the calls, texts and good wishes this past week. Keep hoping for the best this week!
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