Journey to Baby Rentas

ICSI

  • Beta Day!

    So…I’ll be honest. I’ve tested every day since transfer as it the only thing I could control. I wasn’t bothered by the negatives the first few days because it would be unrealistic for a positive since we did not trigger.… Continue reading

  • Mock Transfer

    I’m not sure what I was expecting for the mock transfer as I wasn’t given much information other than to arrive with a full bladder. Essentially, if it is a test run why would I need Valium the day of… Continue reading

  • Pre-FET Blues

    I wish I had known that leading up to FET would be the scariest/ hardest part for me. Aside from all the hormones making me extra emotional, I am seconding guessing everything. My rational mind knows either way if it… Continue reading

  • Transitioning to Transfer

    The time between retrieval/ ICSI to now feels like an eternity. My brain is my worst enemy. Today, I received the PGT-A report from Progenesis. I thought it would have embryo grading on the report but it did not. I… Continue reading

  • PGT-A Results

    As one may imagine, I have been checking my Progenesis portal daily since last week waiting to see if there are any updates. As luck would have it, while I was napping after work, the embryologist from our clinic called… Continue reading

  • Final Fertilization Update

    5:13pm Day 7- Final Update I got the call from the senior embryologist. The last two embryos made it to blast today. They were biopsied and frozen. The three samples will be sent off on Monday. We should get consents… Continue reading

  • Day 6 Report

    Running on little sleep and having such a busy day at work I continually checked my phone to see if I missed a call from the clinic. 4-4:30pm passes as I think well I guess that means that embryo is… Continue reading

  • 24 Hour Report

    This morning at 11:20am we got the call from the clinic with our fertilization report. The four eggs retrieved yesterday were all mature. Out of the seven eggs that were frozen only four survived the thaw. Eight eggs were fertilized… Continue reading

  • Retrieval Three

    Today was the third and hopefully final egg retrieval. This cycle has been underwhelming and just seemed off to me from the beginning. I went into today’s retrieval with limited expectations. About six follicles were seen but I knew one… Continue reading

  • Hurry Up and Wait Part 2

    It has been a week since our second egg retrieval. I’m anxiously awaiting to start our next cycle. Healing from this past retrieval looked a little different. I have been extremely bloated with more minor discomfort than last time. The… Continue reading