Day 3 Embryo Update

Today we have 13 dividing embryos; the one that was lagging yesterday divided after all!  (I was surprised, as I had pretty much given up on it.)

According to the information St. Mungo's gave us, on Day 3 they expect embryos to have between 4 and 8 cells.  Of the 13 embryos we have growing, seven are 8-cell, three are 6-cell, one is a 5-cell, and two are 4-cells.

Of the 8-cell embryos, two are already on the verge of compacting into morulae.  (The embryologist referred to them as the "front runners.")  Two of the remaining 8-cell embryos are graded good, three are graded fair.

The 6-cell embryos are all good except one which is fair.  The 5-cell and 4-cell embryos are all graded good.  All of the embryos have less than 10% fragmentation, which I'm told is very good for this stage.

All in all, the embryologist said they are doing "great."  We continue to be on track for a 5-day blastocyst transfer Monday morning.

My MIL was saying today how it's really neat to be getting these daily updates from the lab, and I agree.  We're hearing about the progress of our future children (grandchildren, in MIL's case) at a time when most women wouldn't even know they were pregnant yet!  I thought once again how fortunate we are that the technology which allows us to do this exists.

Last update before transfer day is tomorrow.