Egg Retrival

We got the go ahead on Tuesday night for the trigger shot. I was surprised when we didn't get it Monday and a little disappointed. That made me a bit grumpy to have another day of shots but we made it. We took the trigger shot on Tuesday night and on Wednesday I had to take a home pregnancy test. The shot is the hormone that they use to measure pregnancy so getting a positive test means the shot worked.... If only it meant what it was supposed too.....  Anyway, it was nice to not have to take any shots or blood draws on Wednesday!  I realize now that if we are successful I will have at least one shot everyday for about 3 months except for that one day.... Sigh.

Ok so Thursday morning I didn't sleep well and we were all up early. At 8:30 we dropped Adam off at a friends house and drove up to the clinic. We didn't hit any traffic so we were really early. There is construction on our drive so I was a little surprised but it was nice. Once at the clinic we waited for a few minutes and then they took us back. The nurse talked to us a bit and gave us some information on the progesterone shot and then left us alone. We waited some more and then they came and got Scott to do his thing. I waited in the room all by myself until the doctor came in a talk a little about the procedure. We were one of 4 egg Retrivals that day. Also based on scans he thought they would probably get about 6 good eggs. He left and a bit later another nurse came in and brought me back to the OR I guess... I got in a gown from the waist done and they had me lay on the bed. The anatheaist came in and the embryo guy introduced himself.... I didn't have my glasses on and was a bit nervous so I just smiled... Anyway they put an IV in my arm and the next thing I know I was waking up in recovery withy husband next to me. The nurse said they got 14 eggs and that sounded great... Our doctor said that normally 75 percent of the eggs are mature and then 50 percent of those fertilize... So 14 was a lot better for our changes than 8. The nurse gave me my first progesterone shot in my bum and we recovered and headed home. I was feeling pretty good. We picked up Adam and got some lunch... Then I started to feel sick. Scott had me check something on his phone and I couldn't do it anymore. When we got home I asked Scott to put my lunch in the fridge and o went straight to my bed. I even asked for a bowl just in case but didn't have to use it. That was around noon I think and I slept until about 5. I was feeling good and Adam had a t-ball came so we all went to that. All I had to do was sit there for the game so I figured it was ok. We were parked right next to the field and everything... I did walk a bit slow but my family waited with me!

On Friday I woke up feeling good!  My bum was sore from the shot.... It felt like I had done a good workout but other than that it was ok. Scott gave me my next shot.... It is really hard to give yourself a shot in the bum... We have black sharpie circles there to tell us where to do the shots.  The actual shot isn't too bad, but I start feeling sore about 5... If we are pregnant we have to do these shots for about 10 weeks... The reason is because I had so many drugs to trick my body that it isn't sure what to do. So now we have to give my body time to figure it out which means making sure the stuff the baby would need to survive is in there until my body figures out what is going on with all of our trickery... I am not a fan of hear shots because they make me sore... Hopefully they will get better right!

Anyway. The most exciting news was that on Friday morning about 9 we got a call from the clinic and of out 14 eggs 13 are mature. And of those 13 mature eggs 12 fertilized!!!!!!  There will still be drop off probably each day but we are so excited that there are so many more than we thought!  I know the doctor wasn't sure he would get anything good out of my left ovary because it has been attacked by the endometriosis so maybe that is why the number is higher than thought. Anyway.... Now we can hope for 1 or 2 frozen cycles before we have to do another fresh, but we will see what happens.

So yesterday I was feeling good so I thought we could have a normal day... That was a mistake. We did take it easy in the morning but then I took Adam to the museum of natural curiosity. I mostly say for that so it wasn't too bad. Then we went to Costco and got some groceries. That still wasn't too bad. I came home and put the groceries away and then made dinner... I was starting to feel it and in the middle of cleaning up I had to admit defeat and sit down. I am mostly ok... They said you could have cramping for up to a week, I only have it when I need to use the bathroom, usually right after I eat, gas pains I guess.  My lower back hurts and that is one of the possible things and my bum hurts from the shots... I feel sore with those things but I am doing ok. We have family stuff today but I think we might join a little late to make sure I don't get too worn out.  It will be a good day and I just have to remember to take it easy.

The plan right now in to go in tomorrow morning for the egg implantation. They may call is tomorrow and push it back to Monday or Tuesday if we still have a lot of eggs.  Then we wait 2 weeks to wait for the results... We are hopeful but not expecting it to work the first time. It is nice to not have a lot of pressure riding on if this works the first time.