Four embryos!

I haven't posted in forever, so here's a short recap:

• we are in the middle of an FET with the embryos we froze last August from my sister's egg donation
• we froze 5 embryos on Day 1
• they thawed them yesterday

I just received the first report this morning and we have 4 embryos still cleaving, 1x3-cell and 3x2cell.  Apparently this is right on track:  should be 2-4 cells today.  We are scheduled for a Day 3 transfer tomorrow, but it might go to Day 5. 

We had told Dr.Dry we wanted to only transfer 1 really good (excellent) one.  We were a little on the fence about transferring 2 'good' ones (with a 20-25% chance of a twin pregnancy).  It's not that I don't think we can handle twins and, even though I never really thought too much about having 3 kids especially with our late start and troubles getting and staying pregnant, it would be kind of cool.  But I so very much don't want to risk losing both babies just based on the higher risk of a twin pregnancy (and a twin pregnancy at 42 + years old to boot!).  Anyhow, we decided last night that, if the circumstances were such that there were really only 2 'goodish' embryos, we would probably just go ahead and transfer both.  Maybe it's crazy and maybe if I lose both twins during the pregnancy I'll regret it, but it seems like a reasonable risk at this point given the age of the eggs (my sister was 37 when donated).

Meanwhile, as I'm on the phone receiving our embryology report, E is screeching in my ear having just woken up from her morning nap and continuing to test out the volume on her vocal cords.  She's ALL OVER the place right now - crawling circles around the house, pulling up on anything she can and doing this funny thing where she pushes up on her feet and then sits straight-legged plop down on her little bum.  A total riot!

It has not gone unnoticed by me that I have a lot less riding on this fertility treatment than anything before E was born.  It will be disappointing if there is nothing to transfer tomorrow or Sunday or I don't get pregnant with these embryos from my sister's donation.  We will probably try an anonymous donor.  But, even if we don't?  I just don't feel the stress and desperation this time around.  

The IM injections (2 last night - both del estrogen and progesterone in oil) suck, but somehow it's also just not that big of a deal.  I kvetch and moan a bit when Mr.Right is getting the shots ready and doing the injections, but I'll live.  Even on the dreaded - and previously mad woman-making - progesterone I feel a little tired, but not desperately unhappy and foggy-brained (at least not yet, maybe it takes a while to build up) like I used to when we were doing IVF rounds pre-E.

Anyhow, I owe a much longer update here.  For now, I'll leave you with this: