Yesterday afternoon the nurse called to tell me that my lining is getting too thick again and that there's a 70% chance we're going to have to do a freeze-all. That means they would go ahead with the retrieval as planned, and the fertilization, but they would freeze the embryos instead of transferring them this month, and I would come back later (I'm assuming next month) for the transfer.
That said, she noted that my lining had not thickened between Sunday and Tuesday, so they will continue to watch it. This morning when I went in for an ultra-sound they measured the lining at 1.63 cm (compared to 1.6 yesterday and Sunday).
They reduced my Follisitm down to 75 units and my Menopur down to just one powder, and everything else is the same. I am just waiting to see what she has to say today when she calls me back with the blood results.
Our chances of getting pregnant with frozen embryos is significantly lower than with fresh ones. According to CCRM's success rates from the past few years, our chances of a live birth would go down from 62% to 48% for my age group.
Speaking of which, I don't really know which age group I should be looking at. It breaks at 35 and I am turning 35 in 2 months. The bad news is that, for fresh embryos, the probability of success drops when I move into the 35-37 year old age bracket. The good news is that, for frozen embryos, the probability of success actually increases! Imagine that. Either way, it's still going to be lower if we have to use frozen embryos.
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