Hi Amy,
Although I've never had IVF, I can understand that it must be quite a
roller coaster ride. The 2ww is the worst thing when trying to
conceive and I think our hormones as well as all of our thoughts can
drive us crazy. I know it sounds cliche here but do your best to focus
on the positive and every time negative thoughts creep into your
brain, force yourself to do something that you enjoy or do some deep
breathing. Maybe try a massage, a good book, a nice dinner out with
your husband - whatever you enjoy to take your mind off all that is
going on right now. Your mind must be in overdrive waiting to know all
of the answers and I know you are afraid to let yourself be optimistic
because you are afraid to be disappointed. At the same time, you've
got to try to be optimistic to give those little blastocysts a chance
to implant.
From what I was told by a close friend who went through IVF, many
times there are not enough good embryos to freeze even one.
I do hope everything goes well for you and I'll say a prayer for you.
Please keep us posted and if you need anything at all or just to vent,
I will be glad to listen.
Hugs,
Kari
On Apr 4, 10:53 am, "AmyC...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <AmyC...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I had my transfer on Tuesday 4/1. They put back two embryos. We
> were given a pictures of those them. I was pretty happy that day.
> This was starting to look real. We were told that our embryos were
> early blastocyst. I was concerned that they are "early" but were
> assured that they looked good.
>
> The next day, I was devastated when we found out that we had only
> one good embryo to freeze. I cried and cried grasping on to the
> pictures of the two that was transferred hoping they are still growing
> inside. The reason I was so upset was because we had 16 fertilized
> embryos to begin with. By day 3, 5 of them were what they called good
> quality 8 cells, the rest of them were 7 cells, 6 cells, 4 cells,
> some good quality, some bad quality. I was so scared by the fact that
> so few of them survived. Is this normal? I don't know. Is this
> something wrong? We called the clinic back, they assured us that we
> were lucky to even have one to freeze. But still the worry lingered
> in my mind.
>
> Since then I've been hopeful one day, scared the next. I don't feel
> anything different right now and that scares me. I try not to worry
> but can't seem to help it.
>
> I'll find out on 4/10. In the mean time, I need some sup****t.
>
> Hope everybody is doing well
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