Fertilization Report

Last night hubby and I hardly slept!!! We were very nervous/excited to get the call from the embryologist to let us know how and if they fertilized. She called early like she said she would... Before 8am. Of the 13 mature eggs 10 fertilized and they were quite happy with that and so were we! Tomorrow she will call with the quality and another report on how they are doing and we might know better if we are doing a day 3 or day 5 transfer or if I get symptoms of OHSS too bad we might just have to freeze and do a frozen embryo transfer instead but i really hope not!!!
Today I had to start progesterone suppositories up my woo woo and estrogen pills twice a day...fun times!

Egg Retrieval Day!

Well today was the big day (well one of them anyhow!). The IV that I was so scared about was nothing at all, one try and done. I wasn't eally scared about the ER as I thought that the cyst drainage was a breeze without drugs...but I was wrong. I felt the drugs at first before the doc even got in there but they seemed to taper off quite quickly, I felt really good pinches and ugly pressures that pinched, then one ovary was done and onto th next. I even had a tear rolling down my cheek but he said he was almost done so I was looking forward to that. As soon as it was all over and done with I felt like I could have walked out of there but I had to stay in covert for an hour. The embryologist came over and told us many they retrieved and she said 19 were retrieved and 13 were mature, 3 were immature and the other 3 were inconclusive. Honestly I thought there would have been more from the OHSS risk and from the counts at the u/s's.
Glad that is off the list!!! Just waiting for the fertilization report!

No more needles!

Last night I did my last needles at midnight and it is so nice to think that I don't have to do any drugs today except for the Dostinex before I go to bed tonight taken orally.

Oh wait I forgot that they gave me a single pill of Valium to take tonight to sleep if I wanted...I don't have problems sleeping so I won't take it but I thought I would just keep it for the hell of it! Who knows this might not work and I might need a good nights sleep after that...lol. Good times!

Had to come back and update! So after I hit publish post, the ad on the side was "drug rehab", WAY to funny and had to come back and share!

Trigger Shot Night...

Tonight is the night! I got the call to come back into the clinic to get the trigger shot and info for the egg retrieval!
The plan is... Continue sniffing today and then I am all done that, take the HCG shots in two different spots tonight at midnight, and then take a Dostinex (cabergoline). The Dostinex is to help with the prevention and treatment of OHSS and I take it for 8 days straight. Hopefully this helps and I can get the embryo transfer done next week (providing we have fertilized embryo's), the side effects are dizziness and light-headedness so that's why I take it at night and if I get up in the middle of the night am supposed to get up very slowly so I don't faint.
I am quite excited that tonight is my last night of injections!!!! Woohoo! And even more excited to see my husband who will be coming here tomorrow night!
ER is Saturday and our first fertilization report is Sunday morning sometime... I am most anxious/excited and nervous about that!

Over and Out!

A poke and a prod ...

This morning was another poke (blood test) and another prod (internal u/s)... fun times!
Every time here I have had a new doctor and all of them are excellent! Today was Dr. Scott a lady, yesterday was Dr. Green and he was hilarious! Dr. Scott let me know I am still at risk of OHSS but we won't know until we get there, tonight might be trigger night but that soley depends on my blood test results to see where my estrogen levels are...all I know it was above 10,000.
I have met a great lady in the waiting room here, it's so nice to talk to someone at the same track as me and might even have the same ER day as me. We joked they might mix up our babies but once they came out clearly we would know they aren't ours (she has darker skin and I am very white).
Then I went in to see the counsellor as they make us see her once while undergoing IVF, she is super nice and easy to talk to! I told her I am shocked that these drugs haven't turned me into a crazy person, I pre-warned my husband I am sorry in advance and that it was a good thing he wasn't around while I was doing injections, BUT all is good.

Waiting for the phone call...

Today's u/s and blood work...

Today the clinic wasn't as busy (woohoo)!
My right arm is starting to look very bruised and sore to touch but that is something I am willing to deal with for a baby, along with the injections, daily visits to the clinic, etc...
They counted the follies and there was 11 on one side and 12 on the other side, they then talked to me about being at risk of OHSS and told I would get a call back on dosage after my blood work results are done. They lowered my dosage to 75 gonalf and 75 luveris and I am thinking this might be the last injections but who knows.
I go back tomorrow for another u/s and blood work, which I am happy about because I would rather be closely monitored while I am here rather than bunking in a hotel and missing something!

So back to the clinic I go tomorrow! I am shopped out so tomorrow I will sleep, relax and do some sewing!

First Ultrasound after Stimming...

So as I sit here in the packed clinic and wait I thought I would start this off....
Monday morning and people are just filing in here and packing the place like sardines.... Out of the whole clinc there was 2 people who brought there kids! Ok if they are going to be quiet and sit there good I wouldn't mind as much but one lady brought her 3 year old and let her speak very loudly, tried to butt in front of other people because her kid was getting impatient (sorry lady you should have gotten a babysitter and they just told her first come first serve) Thank goodness...although it would be nice to get them out of here :)

I finally went in for my third blood test of this cycle and my viens are still doing good..thank goodness because there could be lots to go yet!

Ultra-sound is done and the first thing the doctor said was "WOW you got a lot going on down here!" He measured and counted and I have 11 on the right side where they drained the cyst last Tuesday and 9 on the left side all measuring around the same 1.2 ish. So I go back on Wednesday for another u/s and blood test and should know betteer when the ER date is!