FET Nurse Consult: Check!!

Well, I had my FET nurse consult today. I was bummed that "my" nurse, was on her honeymoon and wasn't able to meet with me. Funny how we get so attached to these nurses! But, all went well and it was pretty straight forward.

Thanks for all of your help on questions I should ask, I came locked and loaded with my list of questions!! I have my protocol now, I have all of my questions answered, I have all of the meds in my hot little hands and I am ready to rock and roll!!

Through the consult I just kept thinking "suppository hell." Not only will I start the estrace vaginally on cycle day one of my cycle, but I will also start the endometrin suppositories THREE times a day once we do the transfer (and continue the estrace through the month!) That's a lot to put up my hoo ha for an entire month! Plus, the lupron injections of course, which I will discontinue once we do the transfer.  Then the baby asprin, the folgard, the prenatals, the medrol/methylpred starting on cycle day one, and don't forget the 4 climara patches I'll have strategically placed on my body until May 7th!!  Plus, I have to do FOUR HCG booster injections. Lord, please don't let me mess this up!

I asked to speak to one of the embryologists so that I could fully understand the quality of my embryos. I knew I had 4 AA embryos frozen on day 5. But, wasn't sure about the 3 others because they were frozen on day 6 and I wasn't 100% sure what the quality was.

So, the embryologist brought me pictures of my 7 embryos.

I cried.

Yep, it's officially...I am a  hot mess and I haven't even had my transfer yet! They were just so perfect, and they were MINE. Not all were AA....we had a few AB's mixed in, which she assured me were just as good as the AAs!! I asked about the other 25 embryos that fertilized but were not kept, she said that most of them were AC, BC, etc. quality and since I had 7 "awesome" AA or AB embryos, they chose not to keep anything that was not an AA or AB.

I just kept crying. Why?! She kept hugging me and saying "oh don't cry." I just couldn't help myself, darn it! I got in the car and I still couldn't stop!

Anyway, I am so ready for this and my appointment today really hit things home for me.....this IS happening, almost nothing can cancel this for me.

For those of you that have not been through the IVF process, I've included some simple info below on embryo quality, just in case you are curious!

ICM Grade, Inner Cell Mass Quantity:
( quality of the fetus)

A Many cells, tightly packed
B Several cells, loosely grouped
C Very few cells

TE Grade, Trophectoderm quality:
(quality of the placenta)

A Many cells, forming a cohesive layer
B Few cells, forming a loose epithelium
C Very few large cells