Lucky Seven

I've just heard back from Nurse D with our fertilization report -

Of the 15 eggs retrieved yesterday, 13 were mature and were inseminated by ICSI. Of those 7 have fertilized normally.

She said that typically, 50% - 60% of mature eggs fertilize normally, so we're right on track there.

She also said that everything - from the % of follicles with eggs, to the number mature, to the number fertilized - has been "Well, I don't want to say 'average' - but exactly what we expect to see. We're very happy with how everything is looking."

At this point, all that's happened so far is that the sperm are in the eggs, and the chromosomes are doing their thing.

Over the next 24 hours, they will begin to divide, and we'll get another report tomorrow as to how many have divided normally and successfully reached the 2 cell stage.

On Friday they will biopsy them for PGD and on Friday or Saturday we'll get a call from the PGD team as to how they are looking so far, how many are still in the game, etc.

Friday late afternoon or evening, Nurse D will call to give us our assigned time for transfer on Sunday.

When we go in for the transfer, we'll get the PGD report and will find out how many are chromosomally normal - typically about 50% - and will find out how they look, in terms of symmetry, etc.

At that point, we'll make the final decision as to how many we'll be transferring - 2 high grade or 3 lower grade.

After transferring on Sunday, we'll wait, wait, wait and will be scheduled for a beta on Friday March 21 (Good Friday).

Of course, you know I'll start the pee tests several days before that!

In the meantime, Shrike is doing pretty well. Her biggest complaint is the referred pain in her shoulders, from the bloating in her belly. Nurse D tells me that should get better in the next day or two. I hope so.

More news as we have it.