Tuesday, January 25, 2011
What's Up Doc?
We were excited to talk to our doctor, Dr. Minjarez, on the phone today. The point of the conversation was for her to look at all the results of all the the tests in the pasts month. She was very happy with all the results and said we were great candidates not only for IVF, but to push our embryos to day 5 - which I'm nervous about but hopeful and excited too. Pushing the embryos to day 5 is the ticket - not only because they can only be genetically tested at day 5, but it means they lived that long outside the body and therefore are strong and have a chance. In Calgary, we had to do a day 3 transfer because only 1 of 8 embryos lived to day 3 properly. So it's scary to think of pushing our luck to day 5, but we have much more confidence in this clinic. Oh! did I mention I will be on FOUR injections?! Yes, not always at the same time, but it will be a needle fest for sure. In the month of February, we'll be focusing on getting my medications from the States and getting ready to go to Denver. I will be there the last week of March (possibly April instead) and going home after the egg retrieval. Please don't add 9 months to March in your head. This is IMPORTANT - unlike Calgary, I will NOT be coming home possibly pregnant. I leave my eggs behind and get on a plane. I will have a frozen embryo transfer at a later date - sometime in the summer. Thanks for following and till next time....!!
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Too cool Iveta! Pushing to blast is CCRM's magic...this is what makes them who they are. I am so confident it is all going to work out. Oh and isn't their medication protocol like over the top?!! For my FET I was on like 12 drugs in total! Keeping up with the daily medication schedule was tough but you'll figure it out. Oh and that boutique store where there are some nice mat clothes...its called Simply Spoiled in the East End on Quance. Right behind the new Appleby's and TCU bank.
ReplyDeleteOoh, I am excited for you!!! Dr. Minjarez performed my ER, and we LOVED her. You are in great hands. And it sounds like she was VERY optimistic, which is great! I agree with Lisa that there is something magical about CCRM's ability to push embryos to blast. Locally, we had terrible results, and at CCRM we had six embryos make it to blast! I was just amazed. I can't wait until you start your cycle!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited to follow along on your journey - everything I've read about CCRM shows that their protocols just WORK. It's awesome!
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