Decisions, Decisions

As most of you know, we had a consult today with our doctor. I was nervous, and Kyle kept my mind off of the pressing issues by playing with things in the clinic room, cleaning off his hands with soap (he thought it was hand sanitizer), and dropping his ring behind the stirrups of the patient's chair. What fun we have.

Doctor said he was just as shocked as we were about the results of the fertilization. He went over everything, including each lab result following each medicine, and said based on my age and lab results he did not expect this at all. Some levels were borderline too high, but other than that I had perfect labs. He said the bad eggs (that's my term...he used "poor oocytes") were either inherited or due to my body reacting to the medicine.

He suggested we take a break for a couple of months and give my body time to rest. Which I am all for. He would like to try again, using a different medicinal approach and less time on birth control. The birth control helps them control my cycle. He said if the second cycle does not work, then we know it is inherent. But if we don't try again, we won't know; it could have just been a bad "batch" of eggs. The second trial would be less expensive since the first one didn't work, but still expensive. He would also do a procedure called ICSI, where the sperm is put directly into the egg. So, each egg would be fertilized instead of just one or two, and we have a better chance of one dividing.

We have a lot of things to consider and pray over. We will just be resting for a few months until we can figure out what God wants us to do.

If the second IVF doesn't work, we have a few options: adoption, embryo adoption, egg donor, and a miracle. Which we are not opposed to any of the above...