Saturday, September 17, 2011

OMG

Fert report is in and it's very, very good.

20 eggs retrieved. 19 mature. 12 fertilized (4/9 ICSI, 8/10 conventional).

As you know, they'd only found 11 eggs by the time we left yesterday. I made the nurse double-check that she hadn't switched my chart with someone else's because the news seemed to good to be true. She pulled my records up in the computer to verify there hadn't been a transcription error and reported that I "can be happy all day."

That is only one less embryo than we had last time. Un-freaking-believable.

We made an eleventh-hour decision to do partial ICSI (like, in my cap and booties three minutes before the retrieval) as an insurance policy against the "no reported pregnancies" concern. Not only did we not need it but, apparently, it hurt rather than helped us. Oh well, there's no way to have known that in advance and with 12 embryos dividing in a lab across town, I am nowhere near complaining.

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

Holy Embryo count batgirl!!!!!!!!! Those are great numbers.

Happy dance over here.... :)

Inlocoparentis said...

That's amazing!!!!

jessie said...

Amazing! This is so exciting!

For the Long Haul said...

SO happy for you both! Glad things turned out so well. Keeping my fingers crossed!!

Allison said...

That's awesome! So happy for you guys.

cyclista said...
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winter blue said...

Congrats - well done!

Anonymous said...

YAY that's awesome!!! Divide, little blastocysts, divide!!!! =)

Anonymous said...

YAY that's awesome!!! Divide, little blastocysts, divide!!!! =)

gem29 said...

FABULOUS NEWS!!!!!!!! Keep us updated!!

Lucy said...

WOOHOO!!!!!

Lex said...

Yay for a great report! Great news!

Heather said...

wow! Niiice!!! =)

Sugar said...

new stalker here...how exciting! A dozen...very good start!

tbean said...

AWESOMENESS! Holy Fert. report Batman! Who comes out of ER with "probably 11" eggs and then ends up with 19??? That's amazing!

Pufferfish said...

Super Awesome News!!! Yeah~

Meegs said...

Woo-hoo! What a great count! Go embies go!

gem29 said...

K!! I need an embie progress update!! I am in withdrawal!!!