Day 6

The ideal embryo for implanting is what they call a blastocyst "blast". This usually happens on Day 5. Because I'm doing a frozen transfer, the embryologist said they let them go until Day 6 to allow as many as they can to reach the blast stage because some are slower to develop. On Day 3 last I got an update, we had 15 embryos make it to that stage that looked good. I was expecting about 10 to make it to blast. I hadn't gotten a call all day, so I called and left a message this afternoon. I finally heard back at 4:30pm right as I was getting ready to leave work. Only 1 embryo had made it the blast stage, and just barely. I am completely shell shocked. The embryologist said this is very rare that you would have so many at day 3 and only 1 "early blast" at day 5. It's so early that they can't even grade it. The embryologist said that there is still a good rate of success with these blasts. Earlier today I was thinking about how in love I was with each and every one of my embryos and we might end up with 10 kids to give them each a chance at life! Now I get to pray for 1. 1 is all it takes, I know, but the rate of success for 1 is only 50%, and I'm not even sure they'd give us those odds with it being an early blast. I need to schedule a follow up with Dr. Schoolcraft, but right now I'm just searching for answers, and there are none. My nurse suggested that Dr S might advise us to do another egg retrieval to try to give us more to freeze. That is not good for many reasons 1) another million dollars, which we don't have 2) the physical and emotional toll of shots, hormone injections, surgery, etc all for this to potentially happen again. I just really really pray this one embryo is our baby and will give us a healthy baby. I just feel like I've been hit by a truck right now and wishing for answers which will have to wait, or we may never know.