I know- I suck.

I have really neglected this blog. Not on purpose, of course. Well- okay, kinda. I just didn't feel like relaying everything yet. I still don't, but the farther behind I get- the more annoying it's gonna be.

So- I left off on Thursday night getting my HCG trigger shot. Friday I did nothing- no meds or anything.

Saturday morning DH and I had to be at the RE's office by 9:15. When we got there, we were brought back pretty much immediately, and the nurse showed DH to the "privacy room" to do his thaaang (aka: give a fresh sample). He was uncomfortable about the whole situation, but I thought it was pretty funny. There was magazines and a flat screen on the wall with a dvd player. I was impressed! He went in and closed the door, and I was led into the recovery room to get changed into a gown, use the bathroom, get the IV put in and sign 9 million consent forms. By the time I was done with all of that, DH was sitting in one of the recliners waiting for me.

*He told me that he found a good magazine, propped it up on the sink, not realizing the sink had sensors, which turned on and soaked the magazine. ROFL! He just tucked that one back into the pile and chose another one.*

So anyway, once they were ready for me they brought me into the operating room, I hopped up onto the table and they started strapping me down. The nurse said I would start to feel sleepy and I asked the anestesiologist if he put the sleeping meds in yet and he said yes, so I closed my eyes, and woke up back in the recovery room. I was sore and crampy, but OK.

The doctor who did the retrieval (not my usual doc) came in to talk to me and said they got 15 eggs!! Much more than I expected! Then a nurse came over and said the doc found some fluid in my uterus, so I had to come back on Monday morning for a sono, and if the fluid was gone- we could do the transfer as scheduled. If it was still there, I would have to wait a cycle and try again next month using frozen embies. I prayed and prayed for no fluid.

That night I went to a cocktail party for Christmas at a friends house with DH. I was still in pain but knew I could just sit on their couch if I needed to, so I toughed it out. We didn't get home until 4 in the morning, but I slept really, really good that night and was even more sore the next day. Not really in pain sore, more like I did 4 million sit-ups sore. Not fun.

I couldn't wait to get the call about the fertilization report. That's the most exciting part!

But- they didn't call. So I called them and their answering service picked up. I left a message to have someone call me back because I WANTED TO KNOW! They always call the next day- but of course they'd forget about me...lol.

About a half hour later a nurse called me back to let me know that 9 out of the 15 eggs fertilized. I have 9 babies =) I told DH and he was really excited. Now all I had to do was go to the sono to check for fluid the next day. I fell asleep that night repeating over and over in my head- please don't let there be fluid in my uterus. Please don't let there be fluid in my uterus!


My chanting worked. There was no fluid in my uterus. Everything looked perfect.

Tranfer was scheduled for 11:20 the following morning. I was to report there at 10:45.



More tomorrow!