1 day and counting

I got another call this morning from Jody, from Fertility Futures to set the time for the transfer tomorrow (it's set for 11:30 AM), and to give me an update on how the fertilized eggs are doing. Out of the 8 fertilized eggs, and the 2 additional that were fertilized yesterday, 1 has divided to 2 cells, 7 have divided to 4 cells, an 1 has divided to 5 cells. An additional 2 eggs of the immature eggs have shown signs of growth and viability. So they've taken those two and one of the 4 cells and frozen those as well as a backup. That leaves 8 fertilized eggs in culture. Tomorrow we'll make the final decision about how many to transfer to PB, our surrogate.

According to Jody, ideally we want the eggs to be around 4 cells today and anywhere from 5 to 8 cells when they're transferred tomorrow.

We'll be staying at the same hotel as PB, so we'll be driving her to the transfer appointment. She has no restrictions on her eating/drinking prior, but Jody did warn she's not to move for an hour or so after her transfer so she might want to watch her consumption of what she drinks as she won't be able to use the facilities.

We're going to leave between 3-4pm for the drive from the SF Bay Area down to Los Angeles. We're hoping to not to get down there too late. But in any case, I'll try and call PB tonight before it's too late to make arrangements for meeting in the morning.