Fertilization Report Day

Of the 17 eggs retrieved, 14 were successfully injected with sperm (ICSI), 10 of those fertilized, 3 did not fertilize, and 1 is polyploid.

The nurse didn't say what polyploid was, except that they do not transfer them. So, being the industrious internet surfer that I am, I did a search on Google and found the word in The Dictionary of Difficult Words. I also found more information in The Hutchinson Family Encyclopedia. Basically, it means many (poly) chromosomes (ploid). Diploid is normal for humans - 2 sets of chromosomes. Haploid is what each egg and sperm has - 1 set each. And polyploid is more than 2 sets, which is not good and probably would not develop into a pregnancy anyway.

So 10 is good! I have been hoping for half making it from one step to the next, so we're doing far better than that. Transfer is Saturday at 2pm.