Longest. ET. Ever. (also longest post ever)

limpetfan · February 2012

It only took 6 hours, but I'm finally home relaxing after my ET today!

We transferred 3 early blastocysts, in a very...interesting... turn of events.

Basically, my post-acupuncture relaxation was interrupted by the head of the embryology lab coming in to ask me if she could push back my transfer time by 1 hour. We had 5 blasts available this morning, and she was having trouble deciding which ones to transfer because they were all equally-crappy quality.

That's right. In spite of our embies being lovely on day 2, by day 5 all we really had that was worthy of transfer were 5 early, not-so-impressive blasts. Out of 25 total embies to start with. Awesome.

So after peeing out my full bladder that was ready for transfer, I had to drink up all over again and wait for the embryos to show the embryologist which ones were going to be decent. It's a good thing we did this, because 2 of the blasts that looked bad in the morning improved quite a bit by this afternoon, going up 1 grade for each cell type by the time of the transfer. We decided to put back 3 because of our history of bad embryos and failed IVF attempts (not because I have some crazy desire to carry triplets).

Also!! They used assisted hatching on our embryos on Day 3, and then let them grow to day 5. I wish I knew how to PIP, because it's really cool to see the pictures of these AH blasts... it *almost* looks like one of them is actually hatching (which I think isn't really possible because it wasn't expanded very much, but it is still cool).

My beta is 2/23, and I'm just trying to focus on the fact that these embryos were blasts, one was a BB grade, and they had all the help we could get them with the AH. Positive thinking will help, right?! I know this was a novel, and if you got this far you deserve a lovely red velvet cupcake for Valentine's Day Big Smile

ETA: My nurse called me this morning and told me something I didn't know yesterday - these embryos had ZERO fragmentation. Our embryos are usually pretty fragmented, so that's pretty good news

machole513 · February 2012

Omg what a crazy day for you! I hope this turns out to be one of the best Valentine's Day gift(s) ever! G/l!

pierceen · February 2012

Here is wishing you the best of luck. It had to be stressful when they told you the quality wasn't great but I am glad there was improvement before use. My very best wishes to you that a little one is in your future soon.

tgreenf · February 2012

What a crazy day for you!! I have every single thing crossed that this is it for you!! Good luck!!!

pulga131 · February 2012

How did you know red velvet was my fav? ha ha... Sorry things didn't start out too well, but crossing everything for you!! I hope at least one of those embies is getting nice and comfy and you have a nice strong beta on the 23rd! GL!

dragontears507 · February 2012

What a rollercoaster of a day. Sounds like you need to kick up your feet, put in a romantic movie, and relax. Hope this time's your lucky one!

hootie123 · February 2012

I wish more than anything that at least one of these embies snuggle in for you for the long haul!!!!

nycitygirl1 · February 2012

Wow, sweetie - what a day. I hope one of these embies is your sticky baby! Thinking good thoughts for you.

renee3n2008 · February 2012

Sorry about your crazy day but I hope they were able to find your sticky babie/s. Crossing everything for you!

DMCKnox · February 2012

Wow, so sorry for the long ordeal! Good luck, Ts and Ps to you!!!

Gregermis · February 2012

Fx!!!!!!! Glad you had a couple that picked up a little bit... I'm hoping they were just sluggish because they missed being back with you Wink

Mitzi Bishi · February 2012

I'm glad you ended the day on sweet note! I hope that continues for you, too.

I would have done the same thing and transfered all 3. I hope there's at least one sticky one in there. We're all thinking of you and wishing you the very best.

adoruhbul · February 2012

Sorry it didn't go as planned but it seems like your embryologist really knows what she's doing and takes a vested interest in each patient. I hope this works for you, good luck and have an easy 11 day wait!