Transfered to Safety

<--- A highly magnified image of the actual embryo that was transferred.

The egg has finally been transferred successfully to it's new home!!!

On Wednesday January 30th Marina underwent some minor surgery to suck out all the viable eggs that she had to give. It was a very successful transfer and they retrieved 13 eggs! You know how excited we were since the number 3 means so much to us. All the eggs were immediately fertilized and set aside to grow in a little petri dish while Marina went home in a sedated and somewhat loopy state to recover. By Monday February 4th the fertilized eggs had grown considerably (about 70-100 cells) but only 6 of the original 13 were left. All were vying for the ever so coveted spot of Jennifer's uterus but only one could win. Within 15 minutes of starting the procedure we were looking at a picture of what could turn out to be our little baby. It was a very surreal experience and it's fair to say that Jennifer's worst part was that she had to do the entire thing on an overly full and sensitive bladder.

And now we wait, and wait, and wait until Monday February 18th when Jennifer will go in for a blood test to see if she is in fact pregnant. We can't wait to know the answer and we are very positive and hopeful that the outcome will be wonderful. Look for another update come February 18th.

By the way, Jennifer unfortunately still has to take some very large shots in her ass and if she is pregnant she gets to continue the shots for 6-8 weeks! You can bet she is really excited about that. We will be posting some exciting pictures of those shots very soon.