After our first IVE attempt failed - we took off for the 2007 holidays and our Jan 2008 trip to Hawaii. I had earned the Silpada 10-year anniversary incentive trip - and did not want to miss it.
We had many embryos left from our egg retrieval - which were now cryo preserved. We could now attempt a "frozen transfer", where my body is prepped to receive the embryo with hormones. Several are thawed in a special procedure, then they are transfered over via the catheter, and we do the 2 week wait again to take the pregnancy test.
Although we had 15 or so embryos left - they don't always survive the freeze/thaw process, and the chances of a successful pregnancy are slightly less than when you use "Fresh" embryos.
The doctor normally would put in 2 embryos at the most. The stories you hear about sex-tuplets and other big-multiples RARELY occur. Either the doctor is irresponsible (like that of the Octo-mom), or the doctor has reason to expect a very low success rate of pregnancy - so is willing to put in more than 2.
We attempt 2 frozen cycles with no success. ALL of our embryos have been used. They did not all survive the thaw - or the quality degraded so that the chance of success was very low.
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