We celebrated our twins (via CCRM) 4th birthday yesterday. It's amazing to think about our one embryo left over that he/she was concieved the same day as our twins who are here with us now growing and loving life!! It will be pretty amazing if this works out too…. almost 5 years later!! We are excited to meet him/her if it's meant to be.
In case anyone reads this who is doing the early process of CCRM… a heads up with the shipping kits!
We had to do the communicables for my husband via shipping kit. (I still don't understand why we need to do these communicables for frozen embryos?). But we just follow their rules. Anyway… be careful and read the instructions carefully! I followed everything so carefully…. I was so happy to get that kit shipped off. I sent it out on a Thursday and it was supposed arrive Friday via overnight shipping. Unfortunately there was some weather delay and they didn't get the package until sunday!!
I was talking to them every single day.. Friday, Sat and Sunday about my package. We were all tracking it…. the CCRM lab and me. Everyone was very helpful. The lab was really kind about watching out for my package and doing there best to retrieve it. When they got the package on Sunday… the sample was at room temp :(. Thankfully communicables is the ONLY test that they will ok if it is no longer frozen. They did call me back to verify that I did indeed freeze the container (sarsedt) and freeze the sample separately and then put the sample inside the frozen sarsedt. They it will stay frozen at least 48 hrs if done correctly. So since I did freeze it correctly it was ok. So be really careful to follow the instructions in case your package has a delay. If you have a choice of when to send out. I would pick a day earlier in the week so if it is delayed a business day is probably better than a weekend. Also really good to call and check in on your package. The lab was very helpful and watched out for my package and tracked it themselves via fedex too. If I didn't call and assumed it would arrive it may have not been retrieved. Since it was delivered on a Sunday (and not many people were there) it was delivered across the street and they had to go find it there! I was so happy to hear they could use the sample. I was really dreading paying for that kit again and doing the whole process over!! The entire time I was thinking about someone's day 3 bloodwork…. and what a bummer that would be to have to redo that!!! I would definitely call the lab if you have any questions about the kit.
They were very helpful when I called just to double check I was doing it right!!!
Something new that Schoolcraft does is- changes in progesterone. When I did my FET 5 years ago he just ordered the suppositories. I hated those so I switched to PIO. Now he requires both!! Ughh. I really don't want to do both. I questioned the nurses about this but he feels he finds better results with both.
The suppositories are also very expensive and messy too! I argued that I had success with just PIO…. but oh well. I guess I'll follow their instructions.
