On To Day 6!

Hello, again!

First off, I once again want to thank everyone for the love and support. I am blown away by the number of people that are really cheering us on, and sending their thoughts and well wishes.  As I mentioned in my first blog, Baby Makin Time, Sexy Time, IVF Time!, I am surrounded by love, and I felt that more in the last week than I ever expected.  I have received so many messages from family and friends awaiting the news, or an update on this blog for day 5.  If I haven't personally reached out to you, please be patient with me.  This entire experience has been such a roller coaster ride of emotions.  Not only for me, but my husband too.

It's day 5!  When I received the call on day 1, it was just before 8:00am, so I wasn't sure what my timeline was on day 3.  But by the time I went to sleep that night I felt a sense of calm...  No news, meant good news. . .

After attempting to stay relaxed and finding things to keep myself busy over the weekend, I wasn't prepared for the wait I had to take today.  It wasn't until 3:30 this afternoon that I got the call from the embryologist at Conceptions.  Well, it looks like we have to extend this growth to day 6.  You may be thinking what I initially thought, huh day 6?  Upon reviewing the monthly newsletter from Conceptions, sometimes it takes 6 days before the embryo reaches its blastocyst stage of development.  The call I received today confirmed that.  The embryologist told me anything can happen overnight, but for now this is our update.  One embryo may not be developing correctly.  They are not seeing the parts to the embryo that are key for the fetus and placenta.  The second is in early blastocyst stage, and she sounded confident this embryo will be ready for biopsy tomorrow.  The third is showing progression as though its day 4, not 5.  I was told that in some instances when the embryos are taken out of their artificial environment and carried to the microscope, that the little amount of time outside of the incubator can assist with pushing to the next stage.  With that said, it's time for bed.  Tomorrow is a new day.

Something is going to happen today that has never happened before and will never happen again!