Today they want to see eight cell embryos and all of ours are eight cell embryos. :) They also want the embryos to get a 1 or 2 grading on their 1-5 scale. He said that all of our embryos are 1's or 2's and that everything is still going really well. Yay!! Since it was just a voicemail and today was a Sunday, we didn't have a way to call back to find out exactly how many were 1's and how many were 2's. And even though we're curious, we didn't think that was worth paging the on-call doctor!
Our office, like other infertility clinics, does not try or want to get their patients pregnant with twins or any other sets of multiples. Their ultimate goal is to get us pregnant with one baby - because that is the safest for both the baby and the mother. Like us, most infertile couples, would be more than happy to have more than one baby - but the doctors try to make sure we're aware of the risk with multiples. Multiples pose additional risks to the baby and the mother.
In our previous discussions with Dr. Williams, he told us that he would only transfer a maximum of two embryos for me. They base it on your age and some other factors. We are fine with two embryos - definitely don't want to be the Octomom or anything! Since our embryos seem to be doing so well though, I wonder if they may recommend just transferring one embryo. The pregnancy rates are obviously higher with two embryos - but it also comes with the higher chance of twins and possibility of triplets. I would of course be fine with transferring one embryo IF we got pregnant. But if we didn't - then I would probably wonder what would've happened if we had done two. Not sure if they will recommend only one embryo or tell us we can only do one - but I guess we'll just cross that bridge when we come to it. Since most people's insurance (like us) doesn't cover infertility treatment or procedures, many of us would chance having more than one baby versus the alternative of having no baby. Anyone have a Magic 8 ball we could borrow? :)
Today I feel like I'm back to 100% following the egg retrieval. After a nap on my sister's couch this afternoon, I started feeling a slight discomfort in-between my neck and my right shoulder. I'm guessing that I just slept on it wrong but who knows. Other than that, I'm feeling good.
Tomorrow we will probably get a call from the nurse to schedule our Embryo Transfer for Tuesday. Very exciting! I'm going back to work tomorrow - hope I remember how to get there, haven't been there since last Wednesday. Then I'll be off on Tuesday & Wednesday for my embryo transfer and post-transfer bedrest.