The Wait is OVER - Microarray Results 3w5d Post Biopsy!!!!!

Yes, you read right - I got "the call" from CCRM today that they received our microarray results in what I think is record time - 3 weeks and 5 days post day 6 biopsy!! My nurse called me today and the funny thing was that I just spoke with her yesterday about our FET protocol and thought she was calling back with my tentative calendar. She shocked me when she told me that she had microarray results for me. We haven't yet spoken with Dr. Schoolcraft who is supposed to call us to talk about the results in more detail but just knowing what the results were was big and my nurse knew I was dying to know and called me as soon as she got them!!! Thanks Dawn!!

Yes I know - stop blabbing on and give out the results. There were:

TWO NORMALS!!!!!!!

I am so cautiously happy and for the first time in a long time, I felt the beginnings of real hope spring from within the depths of my heart. I had almost forgotten how that felt, to feel again that the possibility exists for us, that we, K & J can become parents. Right before she told me, I had a moment of intense fear - was it good? Bad? But then I had to know and I cried when she told me that we had 2 normals!!!

Onto the nitty gritty for those of you who like details like me. As you all know, we had 4 biopsied and vitrified and they were graded with microarray results as follows:

Embryo 1: 5BB, our best graded embryo by far - ABNORMAL

Embryo 2: 2/3, early blast - NORMAL

Embryo 3: 4CB, poor blast - NORMAL

Embryo 4: 2, early blast and also marked as poor quality by lab - ABNORMAL

Here's where the shades of grey come in. I think that they only biopsied Embryo #3, the 4CB one, because we asked them to. I distinctly remember asking the embryologist about this one and Embryo #4 and she told me that they were pretty poor quality and they normally wouldn't have even biopsied them. It is my understanding that they only did so at our request. She cautioned me that those two embryos would likely not make it through the thawing process. I am afraid that means that even though there are two normals, only one is a real contender. Don't get me wrong - I am extremely grateful to have the one and that has more than doubled our chances of success that Dr. Schoolcraft gave us (he estimated for us a 25% chance during our phone consult with him - transferring 1 microarray normal embryo gives us a 65% chance). However, the question remains, is there one or two real contenders here?

I can scarcely believe two normals...it almost seems too good to be true. Remember that it's me we're talking about here - the poor responder with 5 failed IVFs under her belt. Can it really be two normals for us? I'll have to discuss with Dr. Schoolcraft when he calls.

There are so few high moments along this journey so I'm going to bask in the knowledge of 2 normals for the time being. We really couldn't have asked for a better outcome and we are truly grateful.

TWO NORMALS!!!