Month: September 2022

  • The Regroup

    The Regroup

    Before we started IVF, we watched an online class the clinic sent out. It went through the whole process, from beginning to end.  I found it surprising when they said they hope to get at least one or two viable embryos after the egg retrieval process. “Surely we would get more than that!” I thought…

  • Grieving

    Grieving

    There’s really no other way to describe how we felt after this news other than grief. We were so sure we were going to be pregnant in just a couple of months. It never even occurred to us we might not be.  It was grief for the potential baby we weren’t going to have. Grief…

  • The Gut Punch

    The Gut Punch

    It’s a work day, and I’ve gone with a coworker to help pick up a print order and grab some lunch. He’s talking with the vendor when I get the call: _________ Nurse: We’ve received the results of the genetic tests on your embryos, and, unfortunately, they’ve all come back abnormal. We’re so sorry.  Me…

  • Embryology

    Embryology

    After the egg retrieval process, the mature eggs are immediately fertilized in a lab through the intracytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI) process and grown to the blastocyst stage before being genetically tested and frozen. The morning after the procedure, we got our first update from embryology. There were indeed 19 eggs retrieved during my procedure. Of…