My friend went with me, and we got settled into the transfer room. The nurses checked my bladder and it was full enough (I was afraid I'd pee right on the table there!). The doctor and the embryologist came in, and they gave me the amazing news: of the 7 eggs that fertilized from the 8 that were provided, I had one amazing, grade AA embryo to transfer and 4 great quality blasts that had already been frozen! There are also two more that might also have been frozen today (note to self: email nurse and check to see if that happened or not).
This was above and beyond my wildest dreams and I cannot express how thrilled I am with these numbers. The clinic's nurses were all so nice, and my doctor and the embryologist were wonderful. When they projected my perfect little embryo on the screen, I couldn't help but start crying. I think my friend was crying too, just because it all seemed so magical and special. She held my hand and it felt like something truly otherworldly was happening. When I saw the bright dot at the end of the catheter released into my uterus, it felt like all of my struggles and troubles with my own eggs was almost redeemed by this one perfect embryo. I know it's weird, but I already felt like it's mine.
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| No, I did not transfer a cat embryo. This is just my friend's adorable kitty, and my adorable embryo. |
It was hard to watch this cycle go better than planned, when my own have failed so miserably. But I am trying not to think about this, and to instead focus on the positive. I test a week from tomorrow, and all I can do is wait, hope, and stare at the photo of my one, perfect embryo. It feels so good to have hope again.
Now that, THAT is a beautiful embryo! I can understand the tears! It is amazing that after so much heartbreak and having to give up this piece of things that the results can be so amazingly different. Rest up, I am hoping that we both come out the positive side of these statistics! All we can do is hope, and wait, and just believe that good things can happen. We are both pregnant right now until proven otherwise! :)
ReplyDeleteYou're right, we are both PUPO. I just love saying that silly word and my husband especially enjoys it because it's the only time he can walk around crowing about poop or something that sounds very close.
ReplyDeleteHoping that we both get our good news next week!
So fantastic!!!! Four blasts - that is fabulous news!!! Fingers crossed.
ReplyDeleteDid the clinic say anything about the egg freezing affecting the success rates of the frozen embryos versus the first transfer rates? I'm seriously considering the clinic, and wondered if they had kept stats on the implantation rates of the frozen embies or if they had noticed any difference.
Hmm, yes, that is a good question you bring up. During my conversation with the doctor back in April, he said the success rate for a fresh embryo transfer (from frozen eggs, of course) is about 60% but for a frozen one it's a little lower, around 50%. But those are rough numbers- so much depends on the actual quality of the embryo. For example, my odds are actually more like 70% for the transfer I had, because the embeyo was so good. So I wonder if I used my frozen ones, would they still just be 50% success rate, or higher? Don't know. That's a good question you can ask if you decide to have a consult. Also to note is that it's about 90% thaw rate- so not all embryos will make it.
ReplyDeleteRBA does the two high quality embryo guarantee, but I bypassed that by picking the refund program. But it turns out that I got six high quality embryos from one cycle. He did say this is better than expected.
Now if only my luck will extend to an actual positive pregnancy test!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting and good luck to you :)
Just joining in on your story and wanted to wish you all the luck in the world! Let's shorten that PUPO to just P :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Empress, for stopping by and commenting. I hope to have good news to report in a couple of days- and I wish you the best of luck in the future too.
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