Archive for the ‘ICSI’ Category
Meet Our ICSI Pixies
Posted by: Paige on: May 25, 2008
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We had two beautiful 8-celled, Grade 3 (4 being perfect) embryos come home today. Above is ICIS Pixie alpha on the left and ICIS Pixie beta on the right. Aren’t they beautiful?
The ET was actually an amazing experience. DH was in scrubs with a hair net and mask – he looked [...]
17 ICSI Pixies!
Posted by: Paige on: May 23, 2008
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OMG, I’m a mom. My DH is a dad. We have 17, fertilized, unique, individual embryos (zygotes) in petri dishes 40 minutes away. This feeling is so much more overwhelming than I could of imagined. First I am thrilled that DH’s boys could do it. They might not be swimmers [...]
Egg Retrieval Day!
Posted by: Paige on: May 22, 2008
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6:15AM – Just getting ready to leave to go to the clinic. I got maybe 5 minutes of sleep last night. I tried not to be nervous but failed miserably. DH bought me a gift yesterday to help make the hour drive to the clinic less stressful: the Monster Ballads CD. [...]
CD #13: The Harvest Moon
Posted by: Paige on: May 20, 2008
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The moon is full tonight and tonight I do my trigger HCG shot at 9PM. Perfect time for an early spring harvest don’t you think?
My ovaries look spectacular like bubbling balls of follicles. I’m so proud of them! Here is an example of an ultrasound of a superovulated ovary. The black [...]
