Retrieval Day

Today was a big day! I had my egg retrieval day today, and didn't quite know what to expect. We had to be there at 11:15a, but I always run late, so I told James we needed to be there at 11a. That was a good plan but I was a little freaked today so we were very early. We got there at 10:45a, so we waited for a bit in the waiting room. We brought magazines with us, and took some photos just to remember the day.

The nurse took us into one of the exam rooms, all of the pre op/post op rooms were full. I was not the only one having a retrieval today, which made me feel better. There were actually 7 of us scheduled for today.

Here I am in my sexy gown.

The nurse did the IV and that sucks.That has to be one of the worst things ever. She couldn't get it to go in the first time, so that means we had to try again. Yuck! The second time was a charm and I actually did pretty good with the IV. I didn't have a panic attack this time. YAY! They took me back into the pre op room and we waited for a little longer. Then come the fun part. They took me into the procedure room and strapped me all in. They gave me some funny gas, which made the room spin and then I was in dream land. When I woke up all was done, and I was really tired. I also had to pee really bad, but I was so out of it that I couldn't even get out of the bed. When I finally was feeling more like myself they let me go to the bathroom. I don't think I have ever moved so slow in my whole life. Each step seemed to take forever. I had a lot of bleeding from the procedure, which is normal, but I think it freaked James out a bit. I had a lot of cramping from everything and they gave me some pain meds, it helped a little but I was still hurting.

James helped me to the car, and I slept all the way to Panera. We decided to go there for lunch, and it was a good choice. I was a zombie in the restaurant, and actually feel asleep in the car on the way home. James took such great care of me today.

I found out that they were able to retrieve 3 eggs. They said that was good for me, but I was hoping there would be more. Hopefully all three will fertilize and we can implant two. We should be having our transfer either on Wednesday of Friday. I am taking tomorrow off to rest and recover, but I am out of the zombie land! I feel a little weird knowing that at this moment my eggs are meeting James sperm and by tomorrow we could be growing little babies. It is so exciting and a little nerve racking. I pray that God will watch over our little guys and help to make them grow strong.

Please pray for our little ones and for my pain to go away.

Amanda