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the frantic (in)fertility odyssey of a woman of 47 to get knocked up

Night before transfer

I phoned the embryology clinic this afternoon an hour and a half too late to catch the embryologist. My bad. She (Polish nurse) did tell me to call between 11 & 1, but I screwed up. Note: My doctor is in northern NJ but he does his retrievals in NYC at a clinic that does [...]

Posted on | September 4, 2011

Transfer: Close to Perfect

One 3 day old embryo. 5 cells. Grade 2A. And….absolutely no fragmentation whatsoever!! :-) Is this the embryo of one turning 46 this month? Holy crap. I am stunned. I had 3 with very little fragmentation my my last cycle at CWRC in May, but this little bean is even better. I am thrilled … [...]

Posted on | November 8, 2010

Day 3 Embryo Report

Just received an email from Dr. Italian’s office entitled “Day 3″, so the observations were from yesterday (Saturday), not today: “Embryos look good. You have 2 – 7 cell, grade 2. Good luck Monday ;)” I wasn’t sure exactly what “grade 2″ meant. At first I assume that grading was on a 1 to 3 [...]

Posted on | February 21, 2010

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