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14 is still absolutely fantastic. I had 8 mature eggs retrieved, 7 fertilized with ICSi and 6 made it to day 5. My daughter was graded "4BB".

Grow little embryos grow!!!

So the 11 ones that got fertlized are still doing good today. I did read a bit that embryos that get frozen have a good chance to develope into a full term pregnancy cause they survived it all and are strong. It obviously applied to you and your daughter so it is very encouraging :)

YAY!!!

I was actually remembering further after I replied to you yesterday that my daughter and one other embryo (actually the best rated one) were actually grown out until day 6 and then frozen.

I do remember reading that frozen embryos actually had higher stats of live births and I guess that makes total sense when paired with what you are saying regarding their strength.

I think it's great that you'll get to give your body a much needed rest after all that stimulation before it goes into overdrive for 9 months!

I have goosebumps Im so excited for you.

So day 3 and we still have the 11. However 5 them of really good quality and the other 6 just medium quality (I figured at least better than poor quality or that they stopped growing). So they wanted to know if we wanted to freeze today or let them grow to day 5. They told us basically whatever doesn't make it to day 5 odds are good it would not have made a difference to freeze them and it would just waste our time and money and give us false hopes of a pregnancy. So we decided to let them grow to day 5, hoping for the best and trying to accept the outcome. Tough decision but hopefully the right one.

I think that's the best decision. You're obv going to chose the best quality embryo for your transfer so might as see which one grows the strongest now. It only takes *1*!

Are you headed to Mexico again this winter?

I will be heading down soon.... going down for 3 weeks for Christmas and New Years.... of course that will delay transfer a bit bc of the Zika virus. But it is a sacrifice I am willing to donsince I miss my family so much and my son is super excited to go see everyone :)
Have to call the clinic today... wasn't sure if they haven't called bc of something wrong or just because they were busy or forgotten. Anyways 11 are still progressing. I am happy and relieved to hear that good news. One more day or maybe 2 and stress should be done for a while.

So we have our first frozen embryo, 5 hrowing for an extra day, and 5 that arrested. Hoping for a couple more for peace of mind and extra chances in case first transfer doesn't work. But it only takes one right? Fingers crossed

Wow! 5 growing out for an extra day must mean they are very strong! Let me know what the gradings end up being.

How long are they suggesting you wait after returning from Mexico to do the transfer? It will be so nice to get away and relax after all this.

How are you feeling? Did you have bad cramping after the retrieval?

Hi... I ended up with 4 frozen embryos ( 1 from day 5 and 3 from day 6). I guess the ones from day 6 were just a little bit slower getting to the right stage for freezen. But I am happy with the results and hopefully one of them will make it to a full term baby :). They said good quality but didn't say much about the grading... I have an appointment on the 5th because since it will be a frozen transfer I need to sign other consent paperwork but I will ask for more info about the embryos). I am also not sure how long I will need to wait to do the first transfer..... for the IVF in May they wanted me to wait 3 months after I came back from Mexico. However I read you can get tested for zika virus. So maybe I can get the test done even if I have to pay for it just to speed up everything. I will ask about that in the appointment also.
As for pain I was only in a bit of pain the day of the retrieval and the day after. But able to do stuff right away. And a bit bloated but I guess it was the combination of everything since I got my period yesterday ( nurse said a bit earlier than normal but fine as far as I wasn't in really bad pain).

Sounds great, all you need is one strong embryo. I think they gave me a sheet with the results of the grading each day so we could decide which one to transfer. The fresh transfer we did that didnt stick was a 3AB and my daughter was a 4BB. We also had a 4BA which was the best of the lot but we decided to save it for our gestational carrier who was going through the process to be cleared when I got pregnant :)

Well time to relax a bit and hopefully transfer day will come quickly for you. Be sure to let me know when its coming up. Hugs!