Good Morning! And, yes, it is a very good morning! I have been a ball of nerves since I woke up this morning -- well, let's be honest, it started yesterday after the retrieval. This morning around 9:30 a.m. I got the call from the clinic. I am still in shock, but here it is:
Apparently three of our immature eggs matured overnight. So, the lab was able to attempt fertilization with nine eggs. They did five with Tony's sperm and four with the donor sperm. As of this morning seven (!!) have fertilized!! Three of Tony's and four of the donor's. We. Are. Beyond. Thrilled.
I truly believe that this was made possible by all your thoughts and prayers, and I want to say thank you for each and every one of them. The doctor told us at our last meeting before starting that we were looking at a less than 5% chance of success with fertilization. I did the math, and we had an 81% maturation rate and a 77% fertilization rate. I'm a Spanish teacher, not a Math teacher, but even I can see that's way above 5%!
Currently the plan is to do the embryo transfer on Friday at 1:00 p.m. Once we get a few days closer, if the embryos appear to be doing really well they will push that back to Sunday. I'll keep you posted.
Again -- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
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