Day 3 embryos - PGD day

So today was the day that our embryos underwent the pre-implantation genetic diagnosis. H also had his operation on his cheekbone, so it was a stressful day all round.

H's dad took him to hospital and waited there all day with him as we had decided that it wasn't the best place for me to be while I'm trying to recover and relax before the embryo transfer. I felt really guilty though.

I've waited by the phone all day for news of my H and news of my embryos. The operation went ok, but H now has an internal 'balloon' holding up his smashed cheekbone, which hopefully will do the trick. H is home now and groggy from the painkillers and the ordeal. Poor, poor man. I love him dearly.

I heard nothing from the clinic all day and then at 4pm I could distract myself no longer and called them. Unbelieveably, more good news. All six embryos had continued to divide and grow and were now 5-7 cells each. All six of them had been biopsied. This means that the embryologist has taken one cell from each of them (see the picture on the right) to test for cystic fibrosis. All of the embryos survived this procedure, and the embryologist said that that was very encouraging. She said that they were all now classed as grade 2, which she said is absolutely fine.

We now have to wait for the next phone call tomorrow which will tell us how many of the embryos are affected with cystic fibrosis. Statistically it will be 1 in 4. Please let our embryos continue to grow strongly and let there be enough non-affected ones to transfer back to me.