Sep 2005
oooh! big chubby squishy baby!
Sep 14 2005 09:54 PM filed in: life in
general
Our friend
Jackie stopped by with her dog, Casee, tonight. And
she had great news - after a year-plus of endless
paperwork & an insane waiting game, they have a
daughter. They're travelling to China next month to
bring her home. And they've started a blog to
record the experience - not to mention some really
cute pictures...
right back where we started from...
Sep 14 2005 11:20 AM filed in: on pins &
needles
I was perhaps
feeling a smidge too optimistic after a
better-than-expected retrieval yesterday. Somehow,
out of the two really mature follicles and
one or two that were almost there, the doctor managed
to get five eggs, all metastage II (according to G; I
was pretty out of it from the nice drugs they gave me
before the retrieval).
Dr. S. called a short while ago to say that of the five, the embryologist was able to attempt ICSI on only four, as the fifth was clearly not quite mature. Of that four...only one fertilised. He said it's possible for eggs to fertilise on the second day, but it's really unlikely with ICSI. So - at best - we're looking at one. Again.
No longer feeling particularly optimistic. What are the odds of lightning striking twice, with only one egg - again?
Dr. S. called a short while ago to say that of the five, the embryologist was able to attempt ICSI on only four, as the fifth was clearly not quite mature. Of that four...only one fertilised. He said it's possible for eggs to fertilise on the second day, but it's really unlikely with ICSI. So - at best - we're looking at one. Again.
No longer feeling particularly optimistic. What are the odds of lightning striking twice, with only one egg - again?
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