Fertility Report

On Tuesday June 30th we got the call from the IVF lab with our fertility report. Out of the 34 eggs they pulled out, 21 of them were mature. After doing ICSI to 20 of them, 15 fertilized! Yeah 15! Holy cow... that is ALOT!!! Now they will watch them grow for a few days and then call us back and give us the grading scale. They also saved the 5 that didn't visibly fertilize and will watch to see if by chance they missed something.

They were also able to take what was left of Johnny's sperm sample and freeze that for possible future use.

We got an update on our embryos at the cleavage stage which is day 3, Thursday, July 2.............What they are looking for at this stage is the embryos that have the least amount of fragmentation. Out of the 15 good ones that were fertilized 10 of those have a great to good rating which means they have the least amount of fragments. The other 5 were given a low grade, which means they are 1-2 stages behind the other 10. One of the 5 embryos that did not show signs of fertilization after retrieval started to fertilize and the other 4 were thrown out. So as of now we have 16 embryos in the lab. They will all be watched for a few more days and we will get the grade scale of each at the next stage of the embryos life.  :)

Sunday July 5th I went in for another blood draw to check on my levels to see if they have started to decrease since starting back on the cetrotide. Well while I was getting my blood draw the nurse went in and got my nerve which shot a shooting pain down my forearm and also made my hand go numb and get all tingly. I literally almost came out of the chair because it hurt so damn bad.

Later that day we got the final report from the lab. Out of the 16 embryos from the Cleavage stage only 9 made it to the Blastocyst stage. Details on this stage are that an embryo has developed and it has 2 distinct cell types and a central cavity filled with fluid called blastocoel cavity, The surface cells around the cavity are called the trophectoderm and will later develop into the placenta. The inner cell mass is what will become the fetus.

And the fee for freezing all embryos is $975.00.

Since my body is not ready for transfer we will be put on hold for a while to let it get back to normal. Hopefully this wont take too long but they say it could be a few months before everything is back to normal. So sit tight and I will update when things get back going!

So just a recap on the amount of money we have put out just this year $28,460.00, and yet we are still far away from baby Cashmore. 

I thank each of you that have donated to our fund, but am asking if there is anyone out there that is willing to donate please do so. Your donation big or small is so much appreciated. It looks like our journey is still far from over and I am sure we will encounter many more bills.

Here is the link to our site again.
http://www.gofundme.com/Jessica-JohnnyIVF