IVF Egg Retrieval Update

I’ve been kind of quiet over here for the last week or so because we’re finally wrapping up our 1907 home renovation and I’ve been consumed by moving preparations—it’s exciting and stressful!

I’ve also been holding onto some wonderful news from our IVF rainbow baby journey…after two weeks of waiting for our embryos to grow and then be tested and frozen, we learned that we have four genetically healthy embryos—two boys and two girls!! We are thrilled.

To give you some insight into the process, our doctor was able to retrieve 12 eggs of which nine were mature, six fertilized, five embryos made it to day five to be tested and frozen, and four embryos ended up being genetically normal.

I’m back on birth control right now and will begin new meds next week to prep for a mock cycle and ERA test (Endometrial Receptivity Analysis) that will tell the doctors which day of my cycle is best for embryo transfer. We will transfer one embryo in December!

Thanks for following our rainbow baby journey. I’ll keep you updated along the way and hope to get a new podcast episode out next week…