Saturday, February 6, 2010

Nine: The countdown begins

Today is Day 3 for our embryos.

Dr. K said as of 11am this morning we had 5 grade 1 and 4 grade 2 embryos. (Our center uses a grading scale with 1 being the best and so on.)

So out of the 10 ovum we got 9 embryos, not bad huh?

They will culture all to blastocyst and we plan to transfer two on Monday, with me calling in first and if anything changes of course he will call us.

If more than two make it to blast, (and they will, they will, they will) we will freeze those.

I will also do another IViG infusion on Monday as well. So this is it, grow babies grow for mama.

Thank you all for your comments on Clexane. My bruises seem to appear the next day, not immediately, just as someone said they do, and the injection site becomes a red dot, bigger in size than any other dot I got with previous, different medication injections.

But its all good man. Just looks horrible, no pain really, soreness but then it goes away.

So today I iced after Super S gave me the injection and it seems a bit better, I will know later or tomorrow as thats when the bruises come. My Dad emailed me and said to rub alittle Vitamin K cream on the bruises, that may work too, I'll try it.

The leftover Chinese that I made yesterday for dinner is calling. I made beef broccoli,  egg drop soup and vegetable spring rolls.  However there are no spring rolls for today we killed em all last night. I would post a pic but you know what, it is not beautiful at all. It is so very delicious, but so not very pretty. Maybe the soy sauce makes it dark and ugly? I don't know. Then again if I took a pic it may not be bad... naw.

25 comments:

  1. Hooray!! Can't wait to come back for the BIG congrats. :-)

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  2. Wow, miss a day you miss alot huh? Ok, well I am coming back for sure, how are you? I am so excited for you and hubby...fingers crossed.

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  3. That's fantastic news!! I have a great feeling about monday for you my friend! Fran

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  4. YAY!!! Still sending lots of great thoughts!

    (would you be willing to share your recipes? I would love to make some good Chinese food!)

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  5. Wow, congrats..that is an fabulous report!!! So happy for you guys!!!

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  6. Wonderful news on the embies! Can't wait to hear about transfer day!

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  7. So far so good! Can't wait to hear Monday's update...

    Mmmm...Chinese food...

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  8. Sending you all sorts of good wishes!!

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  9. I have really good feelings about this cycle. I'm getting so excited for you!

    BTW, I'm making Chinese food tomorrow. Do you have a good spring roll recipe to share?

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  10. Great news on the embies! I am so excited for you. This is going to be the cycle, I can just feel it!

    I was also on Lovenox (and will be again should I ever get pg again). The only thing that helped me with the bruising was to not put any pressure on the injections site (not even from my pants). When I did that, I bruised less. As the others said, the bruising wasn't as bad after a few weeks.

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  11. Wow great news on the embies! Good luck on Monday!

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  12. Grow for your mama little embabies, GROW!! I'm so excited for you, 9 is fantastic!

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  13. Great news!

    Damn, now I want spring rolls. :)

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  14. 9 is part of the "3 is a magic number" deal, right? So, dude NINE IS MAGIC!!! Awesome that 9 are graded so highly, you're doing much better than I was at this point in the game. Congrats on the fantastic eggies!

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  15. Wowowiieee! That's wonderful news on the embies front. I hope and pray that they keep going very strong....All the very best for the transfer, and I hope the remaining do make it to freeze.

    Good Luck!

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  16. Wow, fabulous news on your embies - that is absolutely BRILLIANT!!

    Am crossing everthing for you!

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  17. Nine is a great number, 5 grade 1 is wonderful!!!
    Can´t wait to hear the good news in 2 weeks or so :)

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  18. All is sounding FABULOUS, my dear. Simply, simply fabulous :)

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  19. Wishing you all the best with your transfer and can't wait for the update.

    I hope the blood thinner injections are going better. I did Lovenox one cycle and had some nasty belly bruises - some with knots under the skin. I feel your pain and hope it's getting better!

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  20. yippee!! great embryo report! hope you are sleeping well and getting your cozy uterus ready for that transfer tomorrow. I know it sounds crazy, but I'm picturing it, talking to it, and I just know it will be very welcoming for your little embabies!

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  21. Between the time difference and the late start to things in Cairo, not sure if it's happened yet, but regardless...

    Good luck with the transfer!

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  22. 9 is fantastic! great job! i have everything crossed that tomorrow's transfer goes well and that you have 7 blasts left to freeze! xoxoxo! 2010!

    p.s. thank you so much for your kind comments on my blog. it aint over til there's a baby in my belly! :)

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  23. Good luck good luck good luck!!!! Today, as I type this, is DAY 5!!!! Blasts are going in to mama! Think positive and smile.

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  24. Looking good! GREAT actually! Yay! I bet you get 7 to freeze! :)

    Mmmmm I've been craving Chinese food for weeks now! I have no talent for making it myself though.

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  25. Fabulous news, hope everything went smoothly today! I nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award, see my blog for details:)

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