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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Phone Consult with the NEDC Embryologist

At our NEDC mock transfer/consultation appointment, we were supposed to meet with the doctor, nurse(s), patient coordinator, and the embryologist. However, the embryologist wasn't there that day. She called later that week to set up a phone consultation to go over what she would've gone over with us at our consult appointment. Basically, she just wanted to go over the different stages of embryonic development and at what stages they could be frozen in - it gets technical... 2 cells (or 2PN, pronuclear) are frozen on the 1st day of fertilization, 2-3 day embryos are frozen with around 4 cells, and 5-6 day blastocysts already have too many cells to count! All are human beings and deserve a chance at birth - they're just at different stages of development. It was wonderful for her to take the time and explain what the jargon meant this past Friday, so that when we receive our profiles at the end of May or early June, we will understand what we are reading!

The coolest part of our phone call though was when she asked if we had been placed in a transfer cycle yet and I told her "Yes, July, though we don't know the exact date yet." And she replied, "We actually just decided those dates yesterday - July 20, 21, & 22." Yay! I was so surprised to hear that and am glad that she wasn't there on our consult appointment, so she'd have to call me later - otherwise, I wouldn't have known the transfer dates until our patient coordinator called us sometime in late May!

Ashley was also glad to hear the dates when I told her - It's so cool that we've been following each other's journeys via our blogs and will have our transfers at the same place & during the same week - maybe even the same day?!

We won't know if the date will be on July 20, 21, 0r 22 until we have been matched with our embryos - the embryologist explained that the embryos' stage of development determines which date you get - due to the thawing and transfer protocol.

July can't come soon enough!!!

9 comments:

Leigh said...

So soon! YAY!

it was so great to see you today!!!

Ashley said...

YAY!! This month is already almost half-way over, it's going by quickly! So exciting!

Jess said...

So glad that you have a good idea of the date for your FET. The time will go much faster than you think!

embieadoptmom said...

SO excited for you! May time fly until JULY!!

Katie said...

PRAISE THE LORD! I am so happy for you!

sarahepm said...

Oh yay!!!! You guys I am so excited!!! Praying so hard for you and for your babies!

Unknown said...

Jennifer! I am so excited for you. What an awesome experience. The way babies are formed is so incomprehensible when you really think about it. I am praying.

twondra said...

I'm so excited for you!! Glad you have things going in the right direction!!

Room for More said...

I have so enjoyed reading through a sister in Christ's blog and your journey through adoption. We have not announced it on our blog, but we are moving int his same direction (just with a different agency). I am very excited to read you have your dates set! I look forward to following your journey more!