The head lab technician, Bret, from ICRM called to give us the update of our embryos. Of the 12, nine matured. Of the nine matured embryos, five fertilized. He said we would have liked a higher number, but it's still good. And, really, we are in the scope that Dr. Slater originally told us. We just have to hope and pray that those five make it to the transfer day.
He said that we are still looking at a 5 day transfer-blah! I asked him why a 5 day transfer would be the option over the 3 day transfer, and now I'm really hoping for the 5 day transfer. He said that they want to grow the embryos as much as they can and getting them out to 5 days means they will have reached optimal growth. If it's just a 3 days transfer, it's because they feel the embryos aren't going to grow as much as it's best to get them inside the uterus in hopes that mother nature takes over and helps them grow and result in pregnancy. He also said Dr. Slater would do a three day transfer if it looks like only 2 embryos are growing, since she wants to only transfer 2 embryos. Again, I'm really hoping for the 5 day transfer now because we want more than 2 embryos to grow so we can freeze the others and not have to pay as much for another transfer, Frozen Embryo Transfer (FET).
Regardless of how things turn out, we know the Lord is over all and He knows what is best for our family. I just hope this time around He and I are on the same page ;) In two more days we will get another call from ICRM to find out what our next step is.
Again, thank you for your continued prayers.
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