I might have to wait, I’ll never give up. I guess it’s half timing, and the other half’s luck. Wherever you are, whenever it’s right. You’ll come out of nowhere and into my life. And I know that we can be so amazing, and baby your love is gonna change me. And now I can see every possibility. – Michael Bublé
Hi y’all! I felt it was time for an update now that we have more information. We received a call from the embryologist and our RE (Reproductive Endocrinologist), and they were both REALLY excited about our final count. We ended up with enough embryos to try more than once. God has blessed us beyond measure with our embryos. We were given grades on our embryos from A to B- which is awesome news! Embryos are are given a “grade” just like if you are in school beginning on Day 3 after retrieval. The below chart is taken from ARC Fertility if you are interested in researching infertility and the IVF process more. The below list is the grading chart for embryos:
| Embryo Grade | Description |
| Grade 1 | Cells are of equal size; no fragmentation seen |
| Grade 2 | Cells are of equal size; minor fragmentation only |
| Grade 2.5 | Cells are mostly of equal size; moderate fragmentation |
| Grade 3 | Cells are of unequal size; no fragmentation to moderate fragmentation |
| Grade 4 | Cells are of equal or unequal size; fragmentation is moderate to heavy |
So from the above chart our embryos range from the 1-2.5 grades which is exactly where you want to be. Our doctor called with some encouraging words yesterday, and after holding it all together for the last two weeks I let it go. I cried my happy, alligator tears this morning from the overflow of emotions. Although, we are extremely excited about our embryos our infertility battle is far from over. This is honestly the first step in our journey.
Next, we will talk to our doctor about scheduling our first transfer. From here we will have more monitoring appointments of labs and ultrasounds. With this information we will talk about the number of embryos to transfer, our probability of success, and get a date on the books for a transfer! So there are some exciting days ahead for the Fielder crew, and we just ask you to keep us in your prayers as we make our decisions going forward. Thank you again for all the prayers and support and hopefully we’ll be updating again very soon!
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