Thursday Update

We just received a call from the doctor to tell us that at least three of our four eggs were successfully fertilized, which is great!  The jury is still out on egg number 4 - the embryologist couldn't tell yet if fertilization had occurred - but we should know for sure by tomorrow.  In any event, we are VERY relieved that at least three of the embryos seem to be on a good track.  Now they will continue to mature in the lab for the next couple of days, and the embryologist will grade them tomorrow (using an A, B, C scale) based on the amount of cell division present in each one.  Based on the grades, we'll make the determination about which embryos to implant into the surrogate, which is tentatively scheduled for Saturday evening.

So...in a nutshell, we are feeling good - one big hurdle behind us, but a few more to go.  Thanks for all of the good wishes you've been sending our way - please keep them coming!

Since the egg retrieval went off as scheduled yesterday, we've decided to come back to Atlanta a couple of days early - there's nothing else for us to do here on this trip as far as the surrogacy goes, and we feel that we've had a chance to see most of Mumbai's big tourist draws.  Also, since my parents and Alan's brother & family are in Atlanta, we don't want to miss out an opportunity to spend some more time with them.  We'll be leaving Mumbai early tomorrow morning (1:00am local time!), flying back through Amsterdam, and will be back in Atlanta by Friday mid-afternoon.  With a little bit of luck, we're only saying goodbye to Mumbai for nine months or so!  I promise to update the blog as soon as we have any news to share.  Thanks for all of your love and support!