Dr Garza contacted me this afternoon to let me know that six enbryos survived the night! I was very surprised and happy to hear this as I would have been grateful with even one or two!
With IVF, the most common days to transfer the embryos, is on either day three or day five after retrieval. Dr Garza believes in day three if you just have a couple but, when you have more, it's worth it to wait until day five. The reason is that, as the days go on, there is more and more risk of embryos dying off. If you just have a couple then he transfers them earlier so that they have the best chance of success in a natural environment. If, however, you have a higher number, he waits till day five to see which ones make it. The embryos that make it to day five are the strongest and have the best chance of becoming healthy pregnancies.
So now my transfer is scheduled for Saturday. If I had known sooner I might have come home for a bit. J and I talked about it but it seemed like a stressful drive, right before transfer, wasn't the best idea.
Onwards!
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