A measure of just how I can stupid I can be about this when I let myself hope is my immediate reaction when the phone rang again ten minutes later. Of course I had waited until after the call from RSC to get
Transfer went as usual. I really wish they would go over embryo quality earlier than right before transfer. The suspense is not exactly pleasant, and getting the news on a full bladder isn't ideal. This time around we transfered a 7BF, 6BF, and 4BF. Those were the best three. So, 7 cells, 6 cells and 4 cells, all with between 5% and 25% fragmentation, and fair cell symetry. There were other embryos, but none will end up frozen. All the rest were over 25% fragmented, and just don't stand a good chance. In the interests of trying to get more data we have asked them to continue to culture the three 4CF embryos we have, just to see at what point they expire. We have transferred that type of embryo in the past, so it would be nice to know if those things are already dead when they look like that, or whether they might manage to divide some more. I don't think they're going to bother with the 2DP (2 cells, >50% fragmentation, poor symetry), and you can't really blame them. It's nice of RSC to do this for us. It's an unusual request given that we know they're unsuitable for freezing, but I think they understand that this being our forth IVF we want whatever information they can give us.