Eggs-plosion

We have eggs. Lots of eggs.

Had a scan yesterday and we saw lots of eggs (20+), the biggest being about 12mm. Lining at 8.7mm. My E2 went up from 457 on Friday to 2057 on Monday. Things are definitely happening down below, and boy can I feel it. Feeling very bloated and sore.

I had to cut back on stims, from 3 amps to 2 last night to one tonight and back tomorrow for another scan. Dr says if all goes well retrieval will be on Friday. Which means the sperminator will have to do his thing on Friday. He is looking sooooo forward to that. He was complaining about it last night so I said “I’ll tell you what, lets swap, I’ll masturbate once a cycle and you get to have the injections every day and the bloated feeling”. He said he would prefer the injections but he is just saying that. I do feel sorry for him, just not that sorry.

The good news is if we do end up with +20 embies on cd3 we can do PGD*, which is actually quite a relief. After having three babies with possible congenital defects I don’t want to risk getting pg only to have that happen again.

So for now, things seem to be back on track. Lets hold thumbs.

*PGD = Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (known as PGD) is a technique which permits analysis of the genetics of an embryo prior to transferring embryos to a woman undergoing in vitro fertilization. It's primary use is to permit the selection of normal embryos.

When the embryos are 3 days old, they have divided into 6 to 8 cells. A single cell is removed from the embryo leaving 5 to 7 cells behind. This single cell is placed on the slide and treated with "chromosome paints." Chromosome paints are compounds which fluoresce in different colors and then they are attached to DNA probes seeking each of the chromosomes. Common genetic abnormalities involving 3 copies, where there should be only 2 copies of a chromosome, such as Down's syndrome or Mongolism, Patau's and Edward's syndromes (Trisomy 13 or 18), Klinefelters's syndromes (Y-XY), can be diagnosed. Deletion of a portion of a chromosome can also be detected. By identifying the sex of the embryo, one can eliminate sex-linked recessive disorders such as hemophilia. Polymerase chain reaction techniques can be used to identify single gene defects such as cystic fibrosis. Thus each embryo is biopsied and a report is issued on each embryo.

PGD is very powerful and can be beneficial to any couple (husband and wife) expected to generate more than six embryos.

Comments

[Janine]

Yay for eggs. And yay for PGD too - very useful, given all you've been through. I've been following this cycle like it was my own.

[Bee]

Dammit my post was gonna beee hurrah for eggs - hmmph but i c NBF beat me to it.
Hmmph
Love u
Me

[Julie]

Man, Dr. Handsome knows his stuff!

I am concentrating my awesome powers directly your ovaries. You might want to stand very still so I can focus. I would hate to get a brain full of intestine instead.

[Tanya]

Now was it the wine or the drugs that did the trick? Tough one to answer but very happy that they have arrived in numbers.

Tanya

[Bella]

Whew! Happy things are cooking now.

[Lisa]

Woo hoo! My next cycle I'm trying Tertia's patented wine and room service protocol!

[twizzle]

Tertia,

Congratulations on the multiple egg production! Am happy to hear that this latest cycle is going well for you.

Twizzle

[Danae]

Fabulous!

[Karen]

Jeez, girl. Whata ova partay you is having over there. I hope for nice mature eggies, good pgd, and beautiful embryos. And ow on the cracked ribs, should I get you one of those white t-shirts???