Review Appointment...

Today we went off to Nottingham again (very early, we were on the road by 7.45am!) for our review appointment with Dr Maruthini. We discussed this cycle that has failed and she said that her opinion of it all that it was just an unfortunate batch of embryos. There is nothing wrong with my eggs or Jay's sperm. Dr Maruthini has decided however that I will definitely be having the long protocol in the next cycle which is Buserelin and Menopur. 

Then we were surprised with the news that because the second cycle did not get completed it is considered a fail cycle and does not count! Therefore we still have 2 cycles of treatment left!!! 

Jay and I have decided that we are going to have 3 months break to give my body a chance to recover and also to work on our health a bit. We want to make sure that we are super fit and ready for the next cycle, so we are joining a gym and working on our diets. I've found lots of useful information about improving our fertility to give us an even better chance. This website in particular has been very helpful: http://natural-fertility-info.com/increase-egg-health

Unexpected news...

I had the phone call early this morning from the embryologist with the results of the test. 2 out of the 3 embryos are HD free but unfortunately neither of them had reached the stage of blastocyst so they could not be transferred. In other words none of those 3 embryos could be used for the embryo transfer. 

However the other 7 embryos which could not be tested on Friday have still been slowly growing and some have turned into blastocyst when checked today. So there is still a possibility that they could be tested for Huntington's disease and be frozen if they come back HD free. 

The embryologist will be ringing back in the morning with further news but I am hoping and praying that some will be okay to get tested...