The wait after the retrieval to find out how many fertilized eggs will turn into embryos has been the hardest part of the process for me up to this point. Our clinic monitors the eggs for 6 days after the retrieval.
The thing I hated the most about this wait was that it felt like every time we received an update, the news was worse. It was a very long 6 days and emotionally exhausting. On Monday Day 3, we were told that 4 of the 6 eggs were progressing toward an embryo. On Wednesday, day 5 we were down to 1 and I couldn’t help but think, how did I start with 10 retrieved eggs and I am down to 1. Then on Day 6, we received the best call that another had progressed to testing. I was elated that we went from 1 to 2 as it increased our chances by 100% that we could have a healthy embryo to transfer. We were told that it would be a week until we heard back from genetic testing on the results of the embryos. They ended up calling us 5 days later and both embryos are healthy. For the first time in a month, I could breathe. I am so grateful to feel like we have a chance.
Our transfer is not scheduled until July 25. In the meantime, we will be doing a mock transfer and getting my body ready for this next stage.
I feel like every hurdle needs to be celebrated because there is so much unknown. For now, we celebrate our 2 healthy embryos and we focus on the hope of having another baby.
This process has changed me and my husband. We love Brendan and each other harder, our hearts are more grateful, and we have realized how unfair life can be sometimes. We have promised each other when times are hard we will focus on everything we are grateful for and realize that it is part of life’s plan for us. We have promised to grow through what we go through.
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