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Despite setbacks, mom continues treatment, gets pregnant

At 6:15 a.m. on June 21, 2004, embryologist Wayne Caswell is riding west on the Long Island Expressway on his Kawasaki motorcycle. At the office of Reproductive Specialists of New York in Mineola, nine embryos are waiting for him in a petri dish the size of the top of a soda can. These embryos were created from eggs removed from Stacy Trebing's ovaries and fertilized with husband Steve's sperm....

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