One Step At A Time

Things aren't looking the best for this cycle - still getting negatives (9dp5dt). To say my IM is disappointed is an understatement. Although this is our first cycle together this is their fourth IVF attempt - without any infertility insurance coverage. I know there is still the slight chance we could see a "miracle" but I've resigned to the reality that we may be back at square one. K&S only had the two frozen embryos from an egg retrieval she underwent in February. We were still too early in the process of working together to transfer to me at that time - it was supposed to be a "test cycle". However, since the embryos looked so good when they were vitrified (frozen) - we [RE, K&S, myself] thought there was a good chance we'd be successful with them and that IM might be able to avoid another retrieval. Well these embryos didn't thaw the best and we were given a 30% chance of success - the lowest statistic of any cycle they've ever done. The cost associated with each cycle is staggering and it's beyond frustrating for K&S that doing this transfer with a surrogate - that was supposed to increase the chances - the odds were actually decreased. The official beta (bloodwork) will be drawn on Friday.