SD8, Retrieval, Etc.

Stim Day 8:  We had a busy weekend but managed to get everything done.  I had my stim day 8 scan/blood work done in Birmingham.  Unfortunately my scan showed some free fluid which could indicate that I already ovulated some of the eggs. It was not what I wanted to hear.  I had 8-10 follicles on my left ovary and 4 on my right.  My estrogen was also 3700 and progesterone was 1.2.  My estrogen is now dangerously high and something I wasn't prepared for.  My actual RE called and gave me some options.  He said with my estrogen so high, we run the risk of overstimmulating which causes a whole host of issues.  He said he would normally request his patients with that kind of number to freeze all embryos, wait for the estrogen to come down, and transfer the next cycle.  Because of my history, he knew I wouldn't want to do that.  So, we aren't.  We are going ahead for the fresh transfer on Friday. 

Retrieval: I ended up having my retrieval on Tuesday and thankfully they actually listened to me this time about needing more meds.  I didn't feel anything! But, with more meds means more issues for me.  I was able to make it home before throwing up at least.  It's been a bit of a rough recovery.  I was told they only got eight eggs.  I'm pretty sure I ovulated through the Lupron.  Very disappointing. 

Day After the Retrieval:  I had to wait until a day later to get my fertilization report from the embryologist.  Once again, it's not good news.  Of the eight eggs, four were the right maturity for fertilization.  And of those four, only three fertilized correctly.  I was also told that one of the three was already struggling to divide so they aren't sure we will have that one to transfer come Friday.  We will not have any to freeze and will transfer fresh any/all that make it to Friday.  This was definitely not the news we wanted to hear.  Surrogacy is completely off the table since we have nothing to freeze. Things looked so good in the beginning and now have ended up pretty much exactly like the last round.  Hindsight is 20/20 of course but I wish they would have cut my meds on SD 5 and done the retrieval a day earlier.  I think things might have been different.  I think my follicles/eggs were over mature and couldn't be fertilized from too much stim medication too quickly. 

If you pray, will you pray those three babies make it to Friday and that my uterus will accept them? It's hard to remain positive when we've been down this road so many times but I do believe God can do anything.  He is the giver and taker of life.  Blessed be the name of the Lord.