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Change of Plans February 27, 2010

I’m back home sans embryos. We’re going to day 5 after all. I got to the office this morning only to find out that we actually have five embryos now. One ended up fertilizing late. I’m not exactly sure how that happened since we did ICSI. It not like the sperm were just swimming around waiting for the right moment, but I guess we’ll take it.

So, we have (grade 4 being highest):

1- 8 cell grade 4
2- 8 cell grade 4-
1- 7 cell grade 3+
1- 4 cell grade 4- (the late guy)

I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently there have been new guidelines put in place after the whole Octomom fiasco that limit the number of embryos you can transfer based on age. Since I’m under 35, the recommendation is to transfer two. You can only go one over the recommendation if you have a history of failed cycles, so the most we could have transferred today would have been three.

When we thought we were dealing with four embryos, we had planned to transfer anything that was still viable today. I know our blast rates, and I know that transferring three or four day 3 embryos is appropriate for us given our history. (Heck, we transferred four blasts during Adam’s cycle.)

Then we found out we actually have five. We were not going to transfer five, and we wouldn’t have been allowed to even if we wanted to.

Under the current guidelines we can transfer up to three blasts, so on we go to day 5 to see which three are going to end up being the best. That’s if we have three that make it to blast. I’m not counting on that, though.

I was so mentally prepared to transfer today, and now I’m just off. I am such a planner by nature. I guess you never really can plan anything during an IVF cycle, though.

Transfer is now set for Monday at 12:30. This poses more of a logistical problem for us than a Saturday morning transfer, but we’ll work it out one way or another.

There’s more that I want to say about the transfer guidelines, how many we personally feel comfortable transferring, if that number has changed now that we have Adam, etc. I think I’ll save that for another day, though. Today I’m just going to try to adjust my brain to transferring on Monday instead of today.

Comments»

1. Amanda - February 27, 2010

I know this throws a wrench in things, but it seems that your embryos are doing well and that’s something.

2. meg - February 27, 2010

Nice to see that you have 125% of your possible embryos at day 3! :) I’ll keep my fingers crossed that you have the “problem” of having to choose between five viable, high-quality blasts on day 5.

3. Mirella - February 27, 2010

Yay – for the late guy! :) Just proved what a roller coaster IVF! One just never gets used to that. I know you were ready for today, but hopefully waiting until Monday will all give you a better shot! Good Luck!!!!!

4. Kimmer - February 27, 2010

Sounds good hope all goes smoothly Monday.

5. cat, galloping - February 27, 2010

NBHHY!

6. Krista - February 27, 2010

Good luck. I am interested to know how your perspective changed after Adam… I know mine did after Caden.

7. lisa - February 28, 2010

I hate it when things don’t work out like you thought too…but at least you’ve got some good looking embryos. So weird on the new guidelines…I get the whole Octomom concern but that was such an anomoly…anyway…good luck for tomorrow!

8. Miss X - February 28, 2010

Thinking of you!

9. T - February 28, 2010

Good luck for Monday! I kept refreshing like crazy yesterday, then had to go out and came back a little worse for wear didn’t want to pwd!