May Fibroids Burn in Hell

I got up early this AM to take my meds as transfer is in NYC at 10:30AM. I wanted to make sure that I had enough steroid coursing through my body to protect those little embryos. I wound up adding in 10mg of prednisone yesterday. It’s the fastest acting of the three (prednisone, dexamethasone, medrol) [...]

Posted on | September 4, 2011

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

3 on board

Today was transfer day. Full bladder I laid on the table and waited for the transfer crew to arrive. Dr. Indian wasn’t there but I had the nice Italian or Spanish doctor that did my retrieval. He said they had two embryos of very good quality to transfer (my heart literally did backflips with the [...]

Posted on | May 19, 2010

And Then There Were None

On day 3 I had two grade 2 embryos: 1 at 6 cells, 1 at 7 cells. Anything over 6 is considered “good enough” to progress onto a 5 day transfer. Today, is day 5. Transfer was due for today at 3:30PM. It’s 6:00PM. You can see where this story is going, can’t you? I [...]

Posted on | March 24, 2010

And Then There Was One

Yesterday was transfer day. I arrived early to inquire about a $517 bill from the clinic for services that should have been paid, to do a progesterone test, and for my pre-transfer acupuncture session. It was my first meeting with the acupuncturist. He was charming and really quite good placing the needles. I really appreciated [...]

Posted on | February 23, 2010

Day 5 Embryo Report

I was a bit nervous this morning as I only had Saturday’s day 3 report to go on. I sent in an email to the office. A prompt reply came back: “You have one non-expanded and one compacted, both grade 3. There will be one last update right before transfer” OK. I’ve not been to [...]

Posted on | February 22, 2010