Transfer Cancelled

Well today was supposed to be "the day" but yesterday we received a call from the clinic that the embryos had not advanced enough to do a fresh transfer today. 2 were early blastocysts and one was still a morula.  I guess the "wonky" embryo that was still "in it" on day 3 didn't make it.

I was told that they would monitor them for another two days and if let me know Tuesday (tomorrow) the status. Essentially, if they make it to the right stage and after they are biopsied and assuming everything is normal, they will be frozen and we will do a FET (Frozen Embryo Transfer) down the line.

I wasn't really given much more information than that, so as you can imagine, my mind is spinning and I'm over-Googling.  Even though I knew this was a possibility and it's still not over, I was surprised how much it effected me--immediately started to cry.  (I'm not much of a crier.) Which is probably why I didn't ask more questions.  My husband afterwards started bombarding me with questions (and continues to) and I don't necessarily know the answer to all of them.

I haven't really been talking about the process with anyone, so it is frustrating to not have anyone to talk to about this now.  My husband and I have been going through this for almost 2 years and keeping it to ourselves and been fine and I haven't felt the need to talk with others.  But for some reason with this, I really wish I had someone to talk to.

Got The Call--Embryo Update

So I finally got the call from my clinic about how the embryos are progressing.  After nonstop texts from my husband all day ("Did they call yet?") and worrying the phone finally rang.  I don't think I realized how nervous I was until my entire insides seemed to drop as there was the brief small talk before getting to the results.

But the doctor told me it was good news (yay!) and that 4 out of 4 were viable! He did admit that one was a bit "wonky" and he expected it wouldn't make it to Day 5, but that it "wasn't out" just yet.  So 3 1/2 viable...I'll take that.  Certainly better percentage rates than some others I have seen online.

There was then the reminder that my next call would be on Sunday and that they would let me know how many, if any, were able to be biopsied (which is going to be done overnight) and that Monday morning I would be "on call" as if there are not any that were normal and good to implant I may be called and told to go home.

I know there's still a lot more waiting (isn't there a ton with infertility and TTC?!) but I am happy to have cleared this next step and to have a great outcome (for my few embryos) thus far!