14!

That is right people we have 14 embryos!
Of the 16 eggs they removed,
7 attempted fertilization via ICSI* and 6 FERTILIZED!,
the other 9 attempted fertilization via IVF** and 8 FERTILIZED!
We have 14 embryos growing in Palo Alto (I hope they don't miss me).

I am VERY VERY happy as when the doctor left yesterday he told me expected 8 good fertilized eggs, and we almost doubled it! We ARE over achievers!

*With ICSI, the eggs are retrieved the same as if you were doing conventional IVF. However, the eggs and the sperm are then fertilized in the laboratory, by direct injection of a single sperm into each egg.
**The eggs are fertilized in  a Petri dish by allowing to sperm to penetrate the egg 'naturally'.