So I just got the call from the clinic.... Out of the 12 eggs that were retrieved, 8 of them were mature. They have to be mature eggs in order to perform ICSI (injecting the sperm into the egg). Out of the 8 eggs that had ICSI, 4 of them fertilized and now there are 4 baby Wooten's growing!!! YAY! My personal goal was to have at least 6 that fertilized but I am very happy with 4. I didn't want a bunch of extra embryos...I wanted just enough to have possibly 2 children with so 4 is a great number! The embryologist will call me again on Sunday morning to tell me how they are growing! Please pray that all 4 continue to grow, I will be a nervous wreck until then! I will continue to pray for peace and for Gods perfect timing and will to be done! I am believing those babies were made for such a time as this and believing that they have a God given purpose! I cannot believe Keith and I conceived babies yesterday! What a miracle that is! I am filled with emotion just writing this post as I think about how amazing this process is and that God is allowing us to experience life in a different way than most do but what an amazing journey this has been so far. I am filled with belief, promise and hope that the we will meet these babies face to face very soon!!!
So what's next in the process??? Tonight I will start taking progesterone in oil injections and will be taking 1 shot every night. Those are pretty painful and can cause terrible soreness in the buttocks and also will make me all kinds of emotional and hormonal so this next part should be lots of fun! Pray for Keith that I don't drive him crazy! :) haha! I will go back in for the embryo transfer this Tuesday at 11:00....We have to be there at 10:30am and I have to come with a full bladder which helps things apparently. I will have acupuncture before and after the transfer which helps with relaxation which is super important the day of and several days after. How many we will transfer will depend on the quality of the embryos but as of right now we want to transfer 2! Continue to pray for us and thanks so much for everyone's support, prayers, and encouragement thus far! This blog was intended to show God's faithfulness through a journey towards a miracle baby to our friends and family but we never knew how much prayer would have been directed towards us in the process so thank you all so much!
Praising Him for the Miracles Baby(ies) that are to come.
ReplyDeleteI am amazed and overwhelmed by the detailed and extremely complicated process that can only have been created by the hand of God! We cannot wait until Tuesday and will be praying for our babies!!
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