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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP 19:20 here ....to answer your question OP, all 3 of my embryos made it to day 5, but none were mature enough to survive freezing and one of the 3 was growing a lot slower. They ended up letting them grow for one additional day and two made it to freezable maturity, while the third one did not.  Since we had decided to go ahead with genetic testing I had not been prepped for a fresh transfer so the third one just fizzled out. It was the only time during my IVF process that I melted down because had I known that that scenario was possible, I might have inquired about being prepped for a fresh transfer just in case.  They reacted like I was crazy and, I don't know, maybe I was :)

I should also mention that I too suspended complete optimism, although I was never totally pessimistic either ...for self preservation's sake I had to and I think it was reasonable, so you are not alone...with that being said though, I definitely think you have every reason to be cautiously optimistic.

Once again, hugs, good luck and keep us posted!

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Thanks pp. I can totally imagine how you felt that day/days after. I'm not pessimistic but more like prepared. After my first ivf cycle went bust I went research crazy, got a second opinion with Columbia fertility, etc. I was intent on switching clinics. What finally calmed me down was burning off steam and then stumbling across this blogger blogging about her triplets. It was like her third or fourth ivf. This particular cycle was so bad that she contemplated canceling it. In the end she went through and retrieved four eggs. Three fertilized but weren't great at all. She ended up transferring all three on day 3 cause they were pretty bad. Of course that is the cycle she finally gets pregnant. Not with one but with three! Next crazy thing is that all three made it which she never expected. She Delivered three babies! It was then that I realized that ivf is a complete crapshoot and it's a numbers game so you have to be willing and have the stamina to go the distance.

Our baby was one of three embryos transferred on day 3. Two looked good but the last was pretty blah. I just didn't want to leave it "on the table" so in it went. Which of those three gave us our little boy we will never know. [/quote]

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