Egg Retrieval Day!

Before I get into the events of this morning, let me catch up from Friday night...

So Friday night, Jared and I went to play poker at a friend's house.  We had to bring a bag with the trigger shot since we wouldn't be home at 10pm to take it.  We both set an alarm on our phones to not be late!  Jared's alarm was set earlier than mine so that he could get everything all set up in the bathroom and then I joined him a few minutes later.  This medicine was a little more difficult to mix than the others, but the added stress of meeting a deadline probably didn't help either.  We were ready to go at 10:01pm.  The 1.5in needle surprisingly wasn't too bad, probably because I had so much adrenaline and excitement for the retrieval.  However, the injection site has been sore since!   But, I'll gladly take the soreness since this was the last injection!  I just kept hoping and praying that we did the injection in the right spot and everything would be okay for the retrieval.

We woke up today at 5:15am to get ready to make the trip to Columbia.  We arrived right at 7:30 and the nurse took us back so I could get ready for surgery.  The anesthesiologist came in and asked a few questions as well.  I then said goodbye to Jared and they took me to another room, where they started the IV.  Twenty minutes later, the surgery was over and  I was waking up with Jared at my side.  The only pain I was experiencing was moderate to severe cramping, which was expected, so the nurse gave me some Tylenol.  Dr. Wilshire then came in to give us our egg count...only 11 eggs were retrieved.  9 were matured and 2 were expected to be mature within 24 hours.  I was devastated and began to cry.  All these shots and all the pain and tears for 11 eggs?!   He was pleased with this number though, as he aims for 10-15 eggs, but I wanted more.  Luck is never on our side and I know that not all 11 will fertilize - in fact, roughly 70% will fertilize, and even fewer will be considered normal by day 5.   I was so disappointed....

The nurse  then went over all of the post-op directions with us.  I start the Progesterone suppositories tonight.  Tomorrow they will call me to give the exact number of eggs that fertilized and on Tuesday, they will let me know how the embryos are doing -- if only a few look normal, they will want to do the transfer on Wednesday.  However, if several look normal, they will let them continue to grow and we'll do the transfer on Friday.   I'm hoping for a Friday transfer!