If you recall, I had been told that I had 6 fertilized eggs cooking in the incubator on Wednesday. My doctor told me that he was optimistic and would be very surprised if I lost more then 50% and the likelihood was that today we would have 3 embryos doing well so 2 would be transferred and 1 would be frozen. However, if more survived and looked like they were doing well, we would push the embryos to blastocyst (this is basically the true beginning of the embryo - the actual true definition is a little complicated so if you want to know what it is I am sure you can google it.) Basically, transferring 5 day old embryos gives the doctor a better chance at knowing which ones are the strongest and have the best chance at growing. It takes the percentage of success rates up from 40% to 60% which is a huge leap. So, the past two days of waiting have felt much longer then your usual 48 hours but I woke up this morning excited and ready for the transfer that we would inevitably be doing today on day 3. I didn't see that as a failure in any way. 3 strong embryos was fine. However, when the call came, the nurse told me that all of my embryos qualified to go to blastocyst. ALL OF THEM!!! They all survived!! All 6 of my children are healthy at the moment;-) I am over the moon excited. I am hopeful and even my imagination which had started to give up on me has started to work again. I can imagine being a mom. I can feel excited about it and while I know I should protect my heart I don't really feel like doing so at the moment. I am enjoying this.
We go in for embryo transfer at 10:45 on Sunday. I feel really good about that. I am not really a church goer as I have very confusing thoughts about religion. It's not that I don't pray, or even that I don't believe. I just don't know what I believe in. However, I have come to find myself praying a lot lately and I truly appreciate all of you who are doing so as well. It seems to be working. So, Sunday during church going time seems like a great time for that little soul to implant. Now, I just have to get through the next 2 infinitely long days.
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