TWO TUTTsicles

It's Monday, 29 Jul, and we just got an amazing email from our Shady Grove Nurse, Monica. We had left 5 embryos in the care of the lab after transfer to see if they could make it to the Day 5 blastocyst stage and thus be eligible for cryopreservation; we did not have any that made it to Day 5 when we cycled with Walter Reed...but because we had a least one more Grade-1 embryo at transfer day (beyond the two that we transferred), we were cautiously optimistic that we would have embryos to freeze from this cycle...which would be both a blessing and an amazing thing. Well, the email said that TWO tiny-Tutts had made it to Day 5 as blastocysts, and that they were being cryopreserved so that we could go pick them up from "Day Care" in the future (maybe a 1.5 to 2 yrs from now, with the hope that our current embryos keep us reproductively occupied for the next 9 months.) :-) That was awesome news and sparked the hope that we are still holding onto for the two that we have on board to give us a positive pregnancy. For if two could make it to Day 5 in lab conditions, then our two must be able to make it because they are in the best place they can be.

So with our Brembyos and Sisbyos "chillin" :-) in DC for a while, we remain ever (and a bit more now) hopeful that this cycle is going to bring an angel (or two) of His to our family. Our Beta test is still 11 days away, so we are just enjoying being back at home and trying to keep our minds and days occupied until we can get the thumbs-up or thumbs-down. We're riding along upon the prayers of so many...can't even fathom what it would feel like to actually find out that we're pregnant. God has an amazing way of working miracles....and "no" is often our misinterpretation of His saying "not right yet."....but there is a time for everything, and He knows what is best...we sure are listening for Baby Bells to ring!!