Many clinics (including ours) have begun favoring a 5-day transfer with the thought that those who make it that far are stronger and more likely to implant. A clinic will wait to make the choice between a 3-day and 5-day transfer because if there aren't enough viable embryos on day 3 to risk culturing to day 5 then it could result in the loss of a cycle. For example, if only two embryos are present on day 3, one or both, could stop growing by extending the culture to day 5 or 6. However, if six good embryos are available on day 3 (which was us), the chances are very good that 2 or more will survive to day 5 making blastocyst transfer feasible.
The ones who look like they are "two", are not. Those ones have begun hatching, which is a really good thing! Hatching is when the cellular blastocyst hatches (breaks through) from the zona pellucida. This has to happen before implantation can occur.
Day 3/4 - Progesterone lozenge: 3x a day
- Endometrin insert: 3x a day
- Estradoil tablet: 3x a day (photo and info to come)
Day 4 - change Vivelle Dot patch (photo and info to come)
2 comments:
ahh! exciting!
Praying for babies!!
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