Day 3 Update

Today is actually Day 5, but I thought I should mention our day 3 update. Dr. P called me on Monday saying that all 6 of the eggs are moving along great. Five of them have split into 6-8 cells, and one is at 5 cells. Most are grade 1 eggs. 

What does all of this mean? Well, the eggs are currently embryos and we are trying to get them to be blastocysts. In a "typical conception" the embryo does not reach the uterus until the blastocyst stage, so by transferring a blastocyst you have a higher rate of pregnancy. The splitting of the cells indicates that the embryo is on it's way to that blastocyst stage. At day three, 6-8 cells is right where they need to be, the one that is at 5 isn't bad either, if they were 2-4 they would be bad. So far so good. Now on to the grading system, 1 is a "perfect" and 4 is the poorest. While you can transfer eggs at any grade from 1-4, it's best if they are either 1's or 2's. 

So right now we are both sitting here waiting on a call from the Dr. to see if we can come in today for the transfer (and to get rissy pregnant!). We'll probably post later today once we hear from the doctor.