My body listens!

I had a ultrasound & blood draw yesterday to check how my ovaries are responding to the medications. With my issues (diminished ovarian reserve or DOR), my biggest fear was that I could not respond to the medications I was taking (although I am taking daily max dose). Last week I said a few times that I would be very happy if I get 10 eggs retrieved. Well, my body listened. I had 10 follicles measuring 10mm-14mm. My doctor thinks that their sizes were close enough. He should be able to retrieve all of the 10 eggs as long as they keep growing together. So, I'm telling my follicles to take care of each other and GET IN TEAMWORK. I need all of them together.

Here is the reason why I want 10 eggs retrieved- I want more than 5 embryos. Not every egg will be fertilized or survive during the initial few days after fertilization. I'm thinking if I get 10 eggs and if more than 50% of them survive the process, I will have at least 5 embryos. Why 5? Because I want the embryo transfer on day 5 and NOT day 3 after the retrieval. Traditionally, embryos are transferred back to women's uterus 3 days after the retrieval of eggs. Then, doctors figured that if we wait until day 5, embryos will grow more and we'll know more about the quality of each embryo. They can then select the best ones to transfer back to the uterus (and freeze the rest). Better embryos of course have better a chance of pregnancy. My doctor will do day 5 transfer if I have more than 5 embryos. He will select the best ones to transfer back. If I have less than 5 embryos, they will do day 3 transfer because they don't want to risk losing any embryos by waiting two extra days. They won't know much about the quality of the embryo on day 3, but they will do their best to guess which ones. So, 5 or more embryos please!