So Friday came and went without a hitch and NINE eggs were able to be collected!
Personally I thought that this was fantastic, but kept it real telling myself that not all would survive and grow into embryo's once fertilized. Which is true and how right I was.
We were called on Saturday morning by our IVF Nurse who informed us that 5 out of the 9 eggs had fertilized that morning. They were going to wait and see how things progressed but at this stage they were aiming to be able to transfer a 5 day old embryo, (called a blastocyst), on Wednesday. They would call me on Tuesday to confirm all the details!
On Wednesday the 16th March, we were impregnated with a tiny ball of cells that will hopefully grow into a beautiful healthy baby for us!
We also found out on Friday 19th March that out of the 5 embryos that had fertilized on Saturday only 2 survived until the 5 day or blastocyst stage, the others had all stopped growing at various stages in the last 4 days. The one remaining blastocyst is being grown until a 6 day stage and if it survives it will be frozen for us in case our current transfer doesn't work. It didnt survive!
Whats next?
I am instructed to take it easy, get lots of rest do very little and above all RELAX! I also have a blood test scheduled for the 28th of March which will confirm whether my hormone levels are increasing, if they are then it looks promising. However, Monash then schedule you in for another blood test 2 weeks down the track to check these levels again. At this stage if they are still increasing then its going to be a viable pregnancy, if not then it looks as though it may not work!
Monash IVF
The blastocyst is an early preimplantation embryo, which by day 5 has begun to differentiate and consists of a sphere of cells with an inner and outer layer surrounding a fluid filled cavity. The outer layer of cells, the trophectoderm, give rise to the placenta and extra-cellular tissues, and the inner group of cells, the inner cell mass, give rise to the foetus.
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