It All Started with the Number 6

Today we found out that from the 9 eggs that were retrieved, 6 fertilized.  So, as of this morning, we have 6 beautiful embryos growing in the lab.  The plan is to hopefully have enough to transfer one or two on Thursday and still have some extra to freeze in case we need to do another round of IVF.

Before the procedure I made one of the biggest mistakes when it comes to IVF... I got my heart set on something.  It can be such a mind game and I forgot how flexible you have to remain.  I was set on letting our embryos grow to 5 day ones instead of 3 day ones.  Can you guess which one our doctor is having us do?  Yep, 3 day embryos.  There are several criteria the embryos have to meet to go to five days and ours don't meet them.  Ultimately the doctor knows what's best for our situation, so we will go with what he says.

So Thursday is the big day for us.  Please pray that our embryos would continue to grow and thrive especially when they are transferred back.  Hopefully we will soon be telling a story that starts with the line, "It all started with the number 6."

I found this picture online of a 3 day embryo.  It's a beautiful picture of what's to come!