Monday, May 26, 2008

the fish in the pond

Today I was on my back deck hanging laundry( sunny day= time to do the wash, to me). I looked down at our pond to see if I could find the fish I put in there on Thursday. They've been eluding me, so much that I thought they'd been eaten. But, from the stairs I could see the golden orange glint of them, swimming around, swiftly and all together. It made me super-cheery. I tried to count them, it took a minute, but I finally was able to count and recount. Seven.

Because everything these days is about IVF, I immediately thought, "That means we will have seven embryos still growing today." and then felt foolish.

I got the call 2 hours later.
We have 7 embryos growing!!!

They are all 4 cell, and I didn't know exactly what that meant, but the nurse said, "We like to see them at 2-4, so it is very good."

They have me scheduled for a 5 day transfer. That means that on Thursday I will be going in for Embryo Transfer.

I asked her if our lone "natural" fertilized one is still going and she said it is. Very cool.

Yay seven!

10 comments:

  1. Lucky # 7! That's great and Best Wishes for a Very Successful Transfer Day!

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  2. That's fantastic! I'll be thinking of you and your lucky seven on Thursday! :)

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  3. very cool about the seven fish and embryos. work your magic!

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  4. I am so happy that it sounds like things are going well so far! Thanks for sharing this too - I've been thinking of you and praying for you and will continue to of course. Much love! :)

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  5. Lucky seven!! It sounds like a good sign to me. Great news about the day 5 transfer, too!

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  6. You have major intuition, or premonition, or some such girl power. It's soooo cool that you have a pond. Sounds like you are on your way to success!!

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  7. Wow that's great! I hope your ET goes really well!

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  8. magic!!!!!! i'm so excited!!!

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  9. Yay for 7! And yay for the plucky 1!

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  10. thanks for all of the positive and supportive comments! And, it is nice to have two of my brothers on here. :)

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