The egg retrieval on Monday went great. 21 mature eggs were aspirated and 14 had fertilized by Tuesday morning. That's right on the 2/3 fertilization rate average.
As of this morning, 12 looked great and were being biopsied for the genetic testing. If results come back in Friday and look good, embryo transfer will be on Saturday, although there is a chance that the transfer won't be until Sunday.
Basically, we're on call pending the results of the testing.
The doctor did say that he's very pleased with how the embryos look today and he's confident that we will get to the blastocyst stage this time. He let me decide if I wanted to wait until day five to do the biopsy, but, as I told him, the impatient side of me doesn't want to wait a month to do the transfer.
Plus, day three testing has been the protocol for genetic testing for years. It's only within the last two months that they have begun testing on day five blastocysts. And I'm sure that he would not have given me an option if he didn't feel that it was warranted.
We're excited. Eric has stocked up on NetFlix for our weekend entertainment. We've cancelled our various plans and now we wait.
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