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Floored
Last Thursday, we got our Day 5 update on our embryos. As a reminder, we’d started with at least 15–potentially 19. It was a new record. The nurse said we had three nearly at the blastocyst stage and one was still at the previous stage–the morula stage. The rest were still somewhat progressing, but the nurse…
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Hope is Hard
Over the weekend, we received Day 5 and Day 6 embryo updates. Last year, I received a Day 3 update as well, which was bad news. I was hopeful this year that if I didn’t receive an update until Day 5, maybe that meant there was no bad news to share before then. I thought…
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Embryology Update
Like 2022, 19 eggs were harvested during my egg retrieval procedure and the numbers breakdown starting out was also pretty similar. The morning after, the clinic called with an update. Below is a comparison between my two procedures: 2023 2022 These numbers are incredibly similar. So much so, that I’d be lying if I said…
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Good News for a Change
In mid-August, I posted an article on the IVF That Facebook page about the Colorado Building Families Act. At the time, I was unaware the reason our IVF cycle hadn’t been covered in 2022 was because there were some issues with the legislation involving defrayal and the Affordable Health Care Act. I really couldn’t even…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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