As of yesterday morning, we continued to have SIX embryos growing. Four were doing quite well and had divided into four celled beings, and two had divided but had remained at two cells. I was told that these would probably stop developing, but there was a possibility they would rally.
Our embryo transfer (ET) has been shifted from a three day to a five day. I know I said it was unlikely, but it was also unlikely that we'd have SIX embryos still growing.
We'll now do the transfer on Tuesday. Since we know they will be five day embryos about to turn into blastocytes, if not having already done that, there's a higher chance of implantation. We go from odds of 35% to odds of 50%. If we transfer two, we also change our odds on twins - from 50% to @75%. We're rethinking this whole "transfer two and see what happens" idea.
I'm going with the odds that we'll have four. If we are freezing two, what's one more? And then, although that lowers the chance of implantation and pregnancy, it puts it where it was for day 3. I think. Please don't think I'm a medical expert or anything. This is all what I've gleaned from medical journals and explanations on hospital websites.
Hubby and I need to have some more discussion on this, as well as with the doctor, of course. They will call us this afternoon, although yesterday it was 10:30am, and discuss options. At this point, it's all hypothetical.
So, no Mother's Day transfer. Now I'm hoping my M's day gift will be hubby and Bud cleaning the kitchen after my being on bed rest and pain killers so much this week.
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