Saturday, November 22, 2008

Grow Babies, Grow!

First of all, thank you all for your words of encouragement! It really means a lot to have all of you behind me on this.

Okay, so the update on Thursday was that 15 fertilized!!!! So, that's 15 possible babies. Holy moly again!
We got another update today. The embies should be 6-8 cells. They are graded on cell division, number of cells, and amount of fragmentation. I didn't get deep into the exact 'diagnosis' on all of them, but this is what I was told:
4 - Excellent
3 - Good
5 - Average
3 - Poor

So, I had told myself that I'd be happy with 7 today. Considering my report today, I think I'm quite happy. From what I've read, the chances for pregnancy greatly increase by the number of cells present. I think I have to have 8 cells to get an excellent rating, so that's good.


If you're curious, an excellent embie should look like this today:

Transfer is scheduled for Monday. So, for now, we just want those embies to continue to grow!

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Grow little guys and girls...GROW!!

Never forgetting Gregory said...

Wow. That is awesome. Hoping those little ones develop and are preparing to STICK!

~S said...

WOW! That's great news! Thinking of you and sending lots and lots of good thoughts your way!

B said...

Best wished for this cycle.

We all begins like this! May these ones continue to grow big and strong

Barb

LISA said...

You are in my thoughts. So you are doing a 5 day transfer thats great. i did a 5 day on my 1st ivf and had 100 % implantation. Doing a 5 day is better than a 3 so i was told. I did a 6 day for my second ivf. please keep us updated...


GROW EMBIES GROW.....
STICK EMBIES STICK......
LISA

momof2in1year said...

Yea for a great Fert. Report! Way to go Embies!

I'll be thinking of you!! Implantation vibes!

Krista
Mom to Angels Jordyn & Jackson

Anonymous said...

Grow and stick babies! I will be thinking of you tomorrow...boy do I hope you get your heart's desire on this try.

Anonymous said...

oh and i love the new layout and those sweet baby feet are so precious.

Becky said...

Keep growing little ones! I'll send you all the luck that I have apparently going for other people now.

Grow, grow, grow! Grow into screaming babies for mommy and daddy to love!