DH and I left temporarily from our week long vacation at the lake, bright and early this morning to get our first glimpse of our growing embryos. The 6 embryos were continuing to turn into blasts and they transferred 2 back to me. One of our little ones was already starting to differentiate, meaning there were fetal and placental/sac cells visible. The other one was not there yet, but they said that occurs anytime today or tomorrow. They will continue to look at the other 4 and if they continue to progress, freeze those. These results are far better than I ever would have expected at the beginning of this cycle and quite honestly, better than I imagined when originally thinking of our fresh cycle.
When deciding on the title of this post, it made sense to mention that my embryos were returned to me. But in reality, when they last left my body they were simply one half of an equation and the lab fostered the rest. As precise as that knowledge is, they are still MY embryos and they belong in me. I do give credit to my wonderful DH for his contribution, but for some reason, I feel solely responsible for them and claim ownership of them. They are mine and need to be returned to their rightful owner. Not to be taken the wrong way, those embryos are OUR creation and any babies from them are equally ours, but its an eerie empitness to have them outside of me and a peaceful whole-ness to have them "returned".
So, now the daunting 2ww begins and the rest and relaxation commence. I am so fortunate to be on vacation this week with 7 families that are some of my dearest friends, on the lake. I have not been able to participate in the usual in-water lake activities, but my DH and son have and I have enjoyed watching them. I am so blessed to be surrounded by such supportive and loving people. This 2ww will be much more bearable than those in the past.
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