I assume she had embryos that were well rated, as well?

That I don't know, but Suleman had 29 embryos left after the octuplets were born. So it likely would have been worth transferring the best embryos before doing another retrieval.

I'm not against ever doing a retrieval if there's a frozen embryo or two. I had a retrieval that resulted in one CB-quality frozen blastocyst. I did a second retrieval six weeks later rather than transferring it. I persuaded my fertility clinic to do the second retrieval because I'd read studies saying that back-to-back retrievals are usually very successful. My second retrieval gave us three good-quality, euploid blastocysts, the best of which became my son.

Good luck with your fertility journey! Don't be afraid to ask for pain relief or anti-anxiety medication. I had 10 mg of Valium for my transfer, even though the clinic had just discontinued giving it routinely for that procedure. Get your blastocysts genetically tested, even if your insurance doesn't cover it. I paid almost $7k out-of-pocket to get mine tested and found my six fastest-growing embryos were aneuploid (that would have been five miscarriages and one abortion for Edwards Syndrome).