Egg Retrival and Fertiliztion Report

Retrieval day.....

We woke up at 4:45am as we had to be out the door by 5:30.   Cassie decided she would get up at 5:15 also.   She was ready for Grandma to come over and play with her while we went to the doctor. 

We got there at 6:30 and they gave me a Valium, a gown, hat and booties and got an IV started.  I didn't care for the way the Valium made me feel...kinda like your drunk.  Things were pretty fuzzy.

At 7:30 they had me walk to the procedure room.  I layed down right away and they had me get my feet in some heavy duty stir-ups, put some oxygen on me and that's pretty much all I remember.   Next thing I know I am waking up horribly nauseous.  They had given me zofran in my IV but it didn't do the trick.  I also felt like I was burning up and asked for a cold wash cloth to wipe my face with.  And then...what I didn't want to happen...I puked....more than once.   Ack.    Instead of staying in recovery for the usually hour I was there for 2 1/2 hours.   I slept a lot...and puked.  Nice.   I could have stayed longer but decided I just needed to get home in bed.   It is a HORRIBLE feeling to be sick to your stomach, dizzy and have to be put in a wheel chair and pushed thru a hospital, down an elevator and put in a moving vehicle.  I kept my puke bag and slept the whole way home.  Walked in the door and said "I need to lay down".  I went to bed and Cassie brought me one of her stuffed animals to sleep with.  I slept for an hour, woke up, had some Culver's chicken and felt SO MUCH better.  I layed on the couch for the rest of the day and went to bed at 7:30.

And now on to the important stuff....

They retrieved 12 eggs
9 of the eggs were mature
8 of the eggs fertilized

Now it is just a waiting game to see how our embabies do.   The doctor will call me on Saturday to give me an update on them and Monday is Transfer Day!!