Wednesday, June 20, 2012

IVF Update

I promise someday that I will post all about our trip to Utah, seeing Thomas, cleaning out the pool and other random happenings of the last couple of months. But for now I am going to tell you our latest news. I had my egg retrieval yesterday. I had 39 follicles which gave up 19 eggs, 18 of which were mature. Of those 18, 12 fertilized. They froze 8 of them this morning for later use, and are letting the other 4 continue to culture. With any luck we will have 2 good looking embryos to be transferred on Friday or possibly Sunday. Keep us in your prayers! With all the time that we waited, the money that we spent, and the pain we have endured, we cannot wait for another little one or two, so we really hope this works.

We should get a picture just like this of the embryos they actually transfer. I think that is pretty cool!

6 comments:

Em Russ said...

I have pictures like that of all my kids... wait, not alex... I have pictures like that of most of my kids! ;)

I'm a failure friend because you've gone through this and we haven't talked... good luck! I will be thinking about you! It is a LONG two weeks from transfer to pregnancy test! Call me if you need a pep talk!

Anne said...

Thanks for the update. We will keep you guys in our prayers. It will be exciting to see the kids that you get and see if they needed this big gap because they have temperments like their dad as a child!!

You were a great brother Bob but I'm sure that you gave mom a lot of gray hair.

Mindy said...

This is so exciting! We will be praying for you guys. Good luck. Thank for letting us know what's going on. I've been thinking about you a lot.

Crystal said...

That is really cool (the picture). I hope it all works out. I will keep you in my prayers. Good luck!

Lisa said...

Good Luck! We are praying for you. We know how much this means to you and hope Ezra will have a sibling or two soon.

Charmayne said...

Wow-maybe some twins are in your future! Good luck-your in our prayers.