They called...Day five

So once again two posts in one day!  Most of this is copied and pasted from TB so if you follow me on IF there...you've seen this.
This was my email to my husband titled:  Can I throat punch people?

So obviously this has been one of the most nerve wracking days of my life.  You know I'm not a patient person, but yeah I made it til one o'clock before calling.  They apologized that I was told I would get a three day report...they said since I was switched to a freeze all that they don't check them on day three because they want to keep them as undisturbed as possible (Um, that's not what you said on Thursday!) whatever.  Then she explained that the lab voicemail is not checked by the embryologist but their receptionist (they have their own receptionist?!?) and she doesn't work on the weekend so they didn't even know to call me to let me know there would be no three day check.  

As for today - again, since we're a freeze-all they are busy in the morning with egg retrievals, and transfers all morning.  Then move on to day one fertilization reports for those that had retrievals yesterday, then day three folks, then finally me.  So I won't be called until late afternoon.  WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE EXPLAIN THAT EARLIER?!

So in other words, still waiting for the call.  But they do want me to come into my local office tomorrow for an ultrasound due to the pain I described.  Could be left over follies because cysts or ovary torsion, but they said since Tylenol helped and it has dulled since this morning and I don't have a fever it's not an immediate worry.

I love you.  Thanks for letting me word vomit.

After the call this was my email to my MIL & SIL (I called Jeff to talk to him directly)

So to explain the news I need to get a little technical, please forgive me.

On day 3 after fertilization, the embryos are 6-9 cells.  On day four to five they have divided more times and look like a ball of cells that's call a "Morula".  On day five to six they reach "blastocyst" stage - which is what they need to be in order to be able to freeze them.  I'm being geeky and attaching a picture so you can see what I mean.  

Of our seven that fertilized, four arrested around day three when they were 6-9 cells.  Our remaining three are at the "Morula" stage which is most typical of day four but can still happen on day five.  So we need these three to keep growing to reach blastocyst stage when they check them tomorrow, to see how many (if any) they are able to freeze.  I told Jeff that since I'm a fairly lazy person, hopefully so are our trio and they just need a little extra time to make it there.  So yet again I have another agonizing day waiting for a phone call.  

Aside from that, I felt great on Saturday and all day yesterday but then had intense cramping last night and this morning that woke me up.  It's bad enough that they want me to come in for an ultrasound tomorrow to see if any remaining follicles turned into cysts or if my ovaries in their mango size state got twisted and I'm dealing with ovary "torsion" (although without a high fever and the fact that the pain comes and goes that's unlikely).  

So that's where we are.  I'll let you know tomorrow the final outcome on our three Amigos.  

So that's it.  See? I am lazy!  Copy/Paste was so much easier then writing that all out again!