Embabies on Board

Three to be exact.

Yup, to Hubby's shock yet again, they recommended we transfer three.

All five were still growing when we got there today.

(2) 7 cell
(2) 8 cell
(1) 4 cell

They transfered both 7s and one 8. The second 8 had a poor rating for symmetry. But I was so relieved to know that we actually had a few get to 8 cells. They did not think the 4 cell would make it to freeze. But I wasn't expecting to get that far. I was really just hoping for bigger embies.

They didn't give me specific grades for our three, but they did go over all the various stats, and said all three were quite good. When the doctor who was performing the transfer came over, after the fellow had already explained their recommendation, and looked over the form we had signed agreeing to 3, he gave us a big grin and said we were brave. (This didn't help ease Hubby's nerves at all of course!) I said, well, we had three the last time too. He flipped through the chart and looked back at the last batch, and exclaimed, "Oh, no, these can't even be compared to those!"

So, despite the fact that the still seem to think that transferring 3 is the best chance I have at getting pregnant with one, I am feeling much better about my chances this time. One of the deciding factors was the fact that there were only 5 that fertilized. One more than that, and I think their recommendation would have been two.

I'm babbling on about this a bit. Just trying to process it all I guess. I so hope that this works this time. When I was back from the transfer, reclining behind the curtains, I broke down into tears for the first time since this cycle really got started. It's gone by so fast that I barely absorbed what was happening. And then, it was all done. I have my three babies, and I hope beyond all hope that at least one of them decides to stick around. And it was all just a little overwhelming.

And now, the waiting begins.

I promise a photo and more creativity soon!