Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Not so optimistic

None of the other embryos made it to freeze.
Apparently I make a lot of eggs but they all suck. (Seriously -- who starts with 13 eggs and ends up with a 3 day transfer and nothing left to freeze at 5 days? My attrition rates are astronomical.)

So all this means to me right now is that the ones that were transferred back in probably suck too. I'm hopeful that my mood will recover, but this was a bit of a blow.
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  1. jeniciniApril 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    That is a blow. I'm hoping for you anyway. :)

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  2. Finn's MomApril 13, 2010 at 5:11 PM

    Bah, I'm sorry - I know it's really disappoitning. But honestly? I hear this same scenario all the time. Human reproduction is incredibly inefficient and embryos drop out at a staggering rate. A friend of mine had 27 embryos at day 3, transferred 3 and had none left to freeze. Don't lose faith in the ones you have left - the labs are good at picking the best ones and trust that those are the ones that are percolating inside of you.

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  3. TrinityApril 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    Aw, hon...I'm so sorry. BUT this does not mean that the ones you transferred were sucky! The ones inside you were the heartiest, fightingest ones of the bunch. If any are gonna make, it's gonna be these two.

    I haven't heard anything yet about our lone straggling leftover embryo. I'm not holding my breath.

    Hang in there. Keeping you in my thoughts...

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  4. HopeBPatientApril 13, 2010 at 5:37 PM

    The sucker punches never end with this IVF crap. Nevertheless, you've got two good/excellent embryos in there and I'm rooting for them! Now for the crazy 2ww...make sure and let yourself off the hook a bit these next 2 weeks.

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  5. Amber CApril 13, 2010 at 5:43 PM

    Ahh man! I am so sorry for the suckiness of this post BUT I've heard of many instances where women don't have eggs to freeze and get preggers! One I knew had 54 eggs, none to freeze and just gave birth to TWINS! Keep that head up chica!

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  6. gwinneApril 13, 2010 at 6:21 PM

    I'm sorry. *If* it doesn't work--and I wouldn't assume anything about the quality of the embryos in your body!--this is probably worth talking to your doc about (is this something s/he anticipated, based on E2 levels or other indicators?). From what I know it's also possible that it's a *lab* problem when embryos don't do well past day three, not necessarily an embryo problem.

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  7. RebeccaApril 13, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    I'm hoping so hard that you have rock star embies burrowing in there.

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  8. inBetweenApril 14, 2010 at 12:18 AM

    No no no -- you are thinking about this wrong. The ones that got transferred have the BEST CHANCE because your body is the best environment for them. The whole process is so sensitive that it's hard to believe embryos ever make it in a petri dish and then through freezing. You have the good ones on board and they have a solid fighting chance (20% from my read on the statistics), the best you can do for them and that makes you a good mom from DAY ONE.

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  9. inBetweenApril 14, 2010 at 12:19 AM

    maybe it's better than 20%, but that's what I keep telling myself so I might have down-graded it for self protection...

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