We received our embryo's "report card" the day after egg retrieval. All nine eggs were mature and were fertilized using a procedure that's acronym is ICSI - It's actual name is ridiculously long so we still just call it that. They actually take 1... ONE itty bitty sperm and put it inside the egg. Of the nine eggs 4 fertilized. One fertilized, incorrectly and was discarded, four did not fertilize and four little embryos remained. They said that this was a lower fertilization number than average, but it was hard to tell what, and if anything actually went wrong. They said that it could be a sperm issue, it could be an egg issue or it could just be the luck of the draw this time. As with much of our infertility journey there is no for sure answer. We are definitely use to the ambiguity of it all at this point.
The only reason they would investigate things further, would be if we did not achieve a pregnancy at this point.
Back to our little embryos. Four! We don't need 9 or 20 for that matter, we just need one to work.
We recieved a second update on Friday. According to the report our four littles were of average quality... who are you calling AVERAGE embryologist?!? They are spectacular and miraculous, so watch what you say!
Anywho... they just rate the embryos to help determine which would be most prime for the transfer. Although, no grade is completely indicative of whether or not an embryo will take. They still have time to grow one more night because our transfer is scheduled for Saturday morning!
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