I was told on Tuesday that I would need to take my trigger shot on Wednesday night, but I needed to take the shot at a certain time and they told me that they would call with the time of the trigger shot on Wednesday. I waited all day Wednesday for a phone call that never came. The office closes at 4:30 so when they hadn't called by 5, I was getting worried. I ended up calling the emergency line at 5:30. I had to talk to a medical assistant and then a doctor and then finally a nurse called and told me the timing of the trigger shot and what time my procedure was scheduled for on Friday. I'm not sure who dropped the ball on that one, but it was definitely a scary couple of hours.
My egg retrieval was scheduled for 10:30 am on Friday. And I knew I had to get there on time because the egg retrieval has to occur approximately 36 hours after the trigger shot. Usually it takes about 45 minutes to get to the fertility center from our house, but there were blizzard conditions yesterday morning so we left about 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to my scheduled arrival time.
It turned out the worst part of our drive was getting out of our own subdivision. We ended up getting stuck on our way out. Since my husband is no help when it comes to pushing cars, I had to get out and try to push us out of our subdivision. There I was, my body filled with way too many eggs, trying to push us onto a busy road. I even ended up falling in the process. I was very grateful that I wasn't already pregnant because otherwise that could have been a problem. Luckily, there was a neighbor trying to get out at the same time as us and he came up with the idea of pushing our car with his SUV. It worked like a charm and we finally made it out of our subdivision. At that point, we didn't even care if there was a little damage to our car. We needed to get those eggs out of me! The rest of the drive proved to be without mishap and we made it to the fertility center just in time.
One of the worst parts of the egg retrieval process was trying to get an IV into my arm. 4 pokes and 3 nurses later, they finally got an IV going. I think because I've had my blood drawn so many times, they just couldn't get my veins to cooperate. The retrieval itself went pretty smoothly. I think I felt more pain this time than last time, but it went pretty quickly. After they had wheeled me to the recovery area, the doctor walked in and told me they had gotten 29 eggs. I was so happy to hear that news that I quickly forgot about the pain.
The rest of yesterday was kind of a blur. I was just so tired after the anesthesia that I kept drifting in and out of sleep. My parents came over and brought us a breakfast casserole, fruit, and cookies. I like to have breakfast at any time of the day so the food really hit the spot. I know a lot of people feel nauseated after anesthesia, but apparently I am not one of them.
I already got a call this morning from the fertility center and the nurse said that I have 16 eggs left! We only had 9 left at this stage last time so we're thrilled with that number. I know we could lose more, but even if we lose more, we should have enough left to freeze. I am going in tomorrow at 9 am for my embryo transfer and then we will just have to wait and see what happens.
I am really glad that my egg retrieval occurred on January 9. It just happens to be the birthday of my cousin, David, who passed away nearly five years ago. He was a good friend and I miss him dearly. It feels nice that something momentous has happened on his birthday.
Thanks so much for reading. Hopefully I will have some more good news tomorrow.
My egg retrieval was scheduled for 10:30 am on Friday. And I knew I had to get there on time because the egg retrieval has to occur approximately 36 hours after the trigger shot. Usually it takes about 45 minutes to get to the fertility center from our house, but there were blizzard conditions yesterday morning so we left about 1 hour and 15 minutes prior to my scheduled arrival time.
It turned out the worst part of our drive was getting out of our own subdivision. We ended up getting stuck on our way out. Since my husband is no help when it comes to pushing cars, I had to get out and try to push us out of our subdivision. There I was, my body filled with way too many eggs, trying to push us onto a busy road. I even ended up falling in the process. I was very grateful that I wasn't already pregnant because otherwise that could have been a problem. Luckily, there was a neighbor trying to get out at the same time as us and he came up with the idea of pushing our car with his SUV. It worked like a charm and we finally made it out of our subdivision. At that point, we didn't even care if there was a little damage to our car. We needed to get those eggs out of me! The rest of the drive proved to be without mishap and we made it to the fertility center just in time.
One of the worst parts of the egg retrieval process was trying to get an IV into my arm. 4 pokes and 3 nurses later, they finally got an IV going. I think because I've had my blood drawn so many times, they just couldn't get my veins to cooperate. The retrieval itself went pretty smoothly. I think I felt more pain this time than last time, but it went pretty quickly. After they had wheeled me to the recovery area, the doctor walked in and told me they had gotten 29 eggs. I was so happy to hear that news that I quickly forgot about the pain.
The rest of yesterday was kind of a blur. I was just so tired after the anesthesia that I kept drifting in and out of sleep. My parents came over and brought us a breakfast casserole, fruit, and cookies. I like to have breakfast at any time of the day so the food really hit the spot. I know a lot of people feel nauseated after anesthesia, but apparently I am not one of them.
I already got a call this morning from the fertility center and the nurse said that I have 16 eggs left! We only had 9 left at this stage last time so we're thrilled with that number. I know we could lose more, but even if we lose more, we should have enough left to freeze. I am going in tomorrow at 9 am for my embryo transfer and then we will just have to wait and see what happens.
I am really glad that my egg retrieval occurred on January 9. It just happens to be the birthday of my cousin, David, who passed away nearly five years ago. He was a good friend and I miss him dearly. It feels nice that something momentous has happened on his birthday.
Thanks so much for reading. Hopefully I will have some more good news tomorrow.
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