I heard from my coordinator a little while ago and I am really happy with our freezing report! She said we had 5 blastocysts frozen! I am so relieved! With 27 little embryos still growing the day we transferred I was really afraid we'd wind up with 15 or 20 frozen ones. Then comes the huge question, "What do we do with them?" There is a good possibility we'll have to answer that question if both of my little embabies stick this time, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. It's a lot easier to make the decision with 5 as opposed to 15 or 20! We will be getting a letter in the mail from the embryologist with all the details about the frozen ones. I'm really anxious to hear the number of cells, grades, ratings, etc.
On a side note, I'm back to work today and whoa, am I tired! I knew I would be, but I am so ready for a nap it's crazy! Thankfully Wednesdays are my easy days. My class has several specials on Wednesdays so I can do quite a bit of sitting since they're not in the room all day long. Tomorrow and Friday though may be a different story. Thankfully my pain has pretty much disappeared. If I twist too hard or bend too quickly I'll get a twinge, but as for the constant soreness it's gone. YEA! I was beginning to think it would never go away. I guess the Gatorade (ick!) has helped! I'm still doing my best to choke it down, but I'm supplimenting with a lot of water. Water doesn't do as well at expelling the fluid, but it's better than nothing! What I wouldn't give to have a bathroom in my classroom! lol!
If all is going according to plan Spot and Dot are blastocysts now and working on hatching out of their shells so they can fully implant into my uterus. Let's hope they're doing their jobs!!!!! GROW GROW GROW!!!
My blog began as a way to vent my frustrations surrounding our struggle with infertility. I am now ELATED that it has moved from an infertility to pregnancy blog and finally our baby blog! The scars of infertility will never fade completely, and truthfully I don't want them to. Infertility has impacted our lives in a way nothing else ever could, and I'm very grateful for all it has taught me. At some point we will probably be traveling down this road again in order to complete our family, but for now we are enjoying our amazing little guy! He's so much more perfect than we ever imagined he could be. I guess it's true what they say...good things DO come to those who wait! :o)
I love the term "tot-cicles". lol! I've heard frozen embryos called many different things, but that is the best so far!
ReplyDeletethat is the best news pam!!! i am so excited for you..it's oozing out of me...lol; i can't wait i can't wait...please give us the play by play...when you feel up to blogging...i'm totally into it! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah! Congrats on teh 5! Can't wait to hear updates!
ReplyDeleteYay for the totsicles!!!!!!!!
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