We got the results of our embryo, and they were not what we had hoped. Our one little embryo did not live to be biopsied. It survived to day five post fertilization, but down graded, and passed away early on day six, which was yesterday. It was only graded at a 3CC, so it wasn't a very good embryo to start with anyway.
Where do we go from here? I want to wait a few months and let my body rid itself of these extra artificial hormones, then we will harvest again. We have decided to join the May/June cycle. This is the last week of May, first two weeks of June. We could have gotten into the April/May cycle, but I didn't want to push my body that quickly.
Obviously I am very sad. I was hoping to only have to harvest once; but God knows what is best. Sometimes it is hard to leave it in his hands. I look at Sir Chance and wish so much for him to have a sibling. Even though I didn't really get along with my siblings, it is nice to have them there. My MIL says all the time how she wished she had a sibling. Her and my FIL (who I never knew as he passed before my husband and I married) were both only children. My husband was essentially an only child as his two sisters were 12 and 10 years older than him. My sister is 2 years older and my brother is 3 years younger. Yes, I am the dreaded middle child! Oh, and the epitome of the black sheep too! LOL
So, we will take our baby food rebelling son to Chicago this weekend for a CME conference for daddy, as well as our 6 year wedding anniversary, and get over the loss of our one little embryo. Regroup and plan to harvest again in June.
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Harvest and Results
Well, the harvest went well. We got exactly what the OAR testing predicted. 7 eggs. Unfortunately the results of the harvest didn't go as well as we were hoping. Out of those 7 eggs, only 3 were mature enough to inject via ICSI with sperm. Out of those 3 eggs injected with sperm, only 1 fertilized. Very disappointing. So now we wait.
We wait to see if this one little embryo survives to day five. If it does indeed survive to day five (to day is day 3 post fertilization), they will biopsy it, freeze it, and send the sample off for genetic testing. If it is normal, it will stay frozen until we are ready to transfer. If it is nor normal, it will be thawed and destroyed. We are praying this one is normal of course. As we know with Sir Chance, it only takes one.
We obviously will be harvesting again, as we said up front, we will harvest up to 3 times to try and get 2 normal embryos. We will look at the calendar in the next few days to see which cycle we will try to get into. Off the top of my head, I am thinking it is the May/ June cycle.
So now we wait to see what happens with our one little embryo.
Sir Chance is now 9 months old. He has two bottom teeth and is currently cutting some top teeth. He had the flu, but other than that he has been perfectly well. He is now sleeping through the night, and if he can find his soother, he will self soothe during his few little "twitches" at night. If he can't find it, either daddy or I have to stick it in his mouth and he goes right back to sleep, never opening his eyes. He is still co-sleeping in our room, but since he has been doing so well lately, we are going to start transitioning him into his room.
We set up a bed room as a designated play room for him yesterday. Just have to finish cutting the foam floor to fit. The foam is more for the protection of the 84 year old hard wood floors, not Sir Chance. He seems to like the colors. Also waiting for the straps for the dresser and bookshelf....as little boys like to climb.
He doesn't like baby food any more. He will fight and throw a fit if you try to feed him baby food. He wants what mommy, daddy, and granny are eating. He wants big people food. Even though he only has 2 teeth, he does a pretty good job eating whatever we are eating. His poops are pretty nasty now that he's eating adult food too! He does still love his milkies (formula) though. He also gets 1/2 strength apple juice and pedialtye (juice) as well. He hasn't had boobie juices since about 6 months since our donor stopped pumping.
He's wearing 18 month clothes. Yes. Too big. He is 30 inches long and weighs 20# 6 oz. Has steele blue eyes. Pretty sure he's going to keep those. His hair keeps getting darker and darker. It's dishwater blonde at the moment, but I think it'll end up light to darker brown. It's starting to curl too. Looks like he's gotten his mother's curly hair. He's got one little curl right at the very back. HA!
He is crawling like a champ, chasing the cats around the house. He also pulls up on everything. He can pass between the sofa and the table in the parlor. He loves his train walking toy the most... and his Ferrari walker. Overall he is a happy and giggly good boy.
We wait to see if this one little embryo survives to day five. If it does indeed survive to day five (to day is day 3 post fertilization), they will biopsy it, freeze it, and send the sample off for genetic testing. If it is normal, it will stay frozen until we are ready to transfer. If it is nor normal, it will be thawed and destroyed. We are praying this one is normal of course. As we know with Sir Chance, it only takes one.
We obviously will be harvesting again, as we said up front, we will harvest up to 3 times to try and get 2 normal embryos. We will look at the calendar in the next few days to see which cycle we will try to get into. Off the top of my head, I am thinking it is the May/ June cycle.
So now we wait to see what happens with our one little embryo.
Sir Chance is now 9 months old. He has two bottom teeth and is currently cutting some top teeth. He had the flu, but other than that he has been perfectly well. He is now sleeping through the night, and if he can find his soother, he will self soothe during his few little "twitches" at night. If he can't find it, either daddy or I have to stick it in his mouth and he goes right back to sleep, never opening his eyes. He is still co-sleeping in our room, but since he has been doing so well lately, we are going to start transitioning him into his room.
We set up a bed room as a designated play room for him yesterday. Just have to finish cutting the foam floor to fit. The foam is more for the protection of the 84 year old hard wood floors, not Sir Chance. He seems to like the colors. Also waiting for the straps for the dresser and bookshelf....as little boys like to climb.
He doesn't like baby food any more. He will fight and throw a fit if you try to feed him baby food. He wants what mommy, daddy, and granny are eating. He wants big people food. Even though he only has 2 teeth, he does a pretty good job eating whatever we are eating. His poops are pretty nasty now that he's eating adult food too! He does still love his milkies (formula) though. He also gets 1/2 strength apple juice and pedialtye (juice) as well. He hasn't had boobie juices since about 6 months since our donor stopped pumping.
He's wearing 18 month clothes. Yes. Too big. He is 30 inches long and weighs 20# 6 oz. Has steele blue eyes. Pretty sure he's going to keep those. His hair keeps getting darker and darker. It's dishwater blonde at the moment, but I think it'll end up light to darker brown. It's starting to curl too. Looks like he's gotten his mother's curly hair. He's got one little curl right at the very back. HA!
He is crawling like a champ, chasing the cats around the house. He also pulls up on everything. He can pass between the sofa and the table in the parlor. He loves his train walking toy the most... and his Ferrari walker. Overall he is a happy and giggly good boy.
Sunday, March 4, 2018
All Was Well
Nothing was amiss after all. I went in for my US and labs and everything was fine. I did not have to take my ganirelix shot in the office. Was told I would be coming back Sunday for another US and labs. Everything was looking great.
Lt ovary the follies measured 16mm and 15mm. Rt ovary the follies measured 15mm, 10mm, 14mm, 14mm, and 14mm. My P4 was 1.1 and my E was 1496.1.
Went in today, which is Sunday March 4th, for labs and US again. everything looks great. Had several follies measuring 20 so we are going to go ahead and trigger tonight and harvest Tuesday.
Portal results indicate the Lt ovary the follies are measuring: 20mm, 14mm, 20mm, and 21mm. The Rt ovary follies are measuring: 19mm, 20mm, 18mm, 14mm, 18mm, and 21mm. My P4 is 1.95 and my E is 3280.8.
I will take my Ovidrel trigger shot at 12:30am tonight. I start my doxycycline in the morning and I take it twice daily.
My harvest will be Tuesday March 6th at 1030 in the morning. I have to be at the clinic at 0945. Hopefully all will go well and we won't have to do this again.
Lt ovary the follies measured 16mm and 15mm. Rt ovary the follies measured 15mm, 10mm, 14mm, 14mm, and 14mm. My P4 was 1.1 and my E was 1496.1.
Went in today, which is Sunday March 4th, for labs and US again. everything looks great. Had several follies measuring 20 so we are going to go ahead and trigger tonight and harvest Tuesday.
Portal results indicate the Lt ovary the follies are measuring: 20mm, 14mm, 20mm, and 21mm. The Rt ovary follies are measuring: 19mm, 20mm, 18mm, 14mm, 18mm, and 21mm. My P4 is 1.95 and my E is 3280.8.
I will take my Ovidrel trigger shot at 12:30am tonight. I start my doxycycline in the morning and I take it twice daily.
My harvest will be Tuesday March 6th at 1030 in the morning. I have to be at the clinic at 0945. Hopefully all will go well and we won't have to do this again.
Friday, March 2, 2018
Something is Amiss
Went Wednesday for my next US and labs. I had 3-6 little follies on each side. The cyst seems to have ruptured, as it was gone.
Update: Once the portal was updated and I got my new instructions, I was told to bring the ganirelix to the appt Friday. This has me super concerned. I've never had to bring any medications to an appt... ever. This makes me thing something is going on. Portal indicates I have an 8mm, a 12mm, and a 9mm follie on the left, and a 9mm, a 9mm, a 6mm, and a 6mm on the right. my E was 446.7. This might be why they want me to bring the ganirelix to the appt Friday. If the E is this high, the P4 is probably getting pretty high too. As we learned from the last cycle, we don't want the P4 to get above 3 as it starts to cook the eggs; this is bad. So, I will go to my appt and see what happens.
Update: Once the portal was updated and I got my new instructions, I was told to bring the ganirelix to the appt Friday. This has me super concerned. I've never had to bring any medications to an appt... ever. This makes me thing something is going on. Portal indicates I have an 8mm, a 12mm, and a 9mm follie on the left, and a 9mm, a 9mm, a 6mm, and a 6mm on the right. my E was 446.7. This might be why they want me to bring the ganirelix to the appt Friday. If the E is this high, the P4 is probably getting pretty high too. As we learned from the last cycle, we don't want the P4 to get above 3 as it starts to cook the eggs; this is bad. So, I will go to my appt and see what happens.
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