Friday was retrieval day; it’s finally here! I was miserable
Thursday night because I was so bloated and my ovaries were twinging a little.
I was not allowed to have any water or food after midnight, so I was super
thirsty when I woke up. I also had
stress dreams all night where I ate something when I shouldn’t have and my
procedure was ruined. I dressed in loose clothing and Spencer drove me to the
doctor’s office. We checked in and waited to be called back. A few minutes later, I was called back and
shown back to the pre-op area to get ready.
I changed into a gown and waited while the nurses and doctors got
everything prepared. The IV was uncomfortable; the nurse tried it and it didn’t
work right. She had to remove it and
asked the anesthesiologist to try. He
got it in, but bruised something or didn’t get it in quite right. All I know is
it hurt. And for some reason, I had some
reaction where I went all faint, sweaty, and nauseous. I threw off the blankets and the nurse gave
me a cold washcloth to put on my forehead.
She also had me sniff an alcohol pad to help prevent me from
vomiting. It lasted a few minutes and
then I started to feel better. So weird! Spencer got to come in and say hello before
they walked me back to the OR.
They had me sit on the table and hooked everything up around
me. I lay down and they covered me up. I
don’t remember much, just that the meds to put me into deep sedation burned
like hell when it hit my arm. The doctor
said it was normal, but I don’t know.
Luckily I was out pretty quick. I
woke up in recovery and was told it all went well. Spencer got to come back and sit with me,
until the nurse seemed to think I was awake enough to get up and change. After changing, we were sent to consult,
where the embryologist came out to speak with us. They retrieved 17 eggs. I was kind of
surprised that it was so low. It seemed like I had way more follicles on the
scans, but I guess they weren’t large enough to pull and egg out of. I dunno.
Still average is about 10-12 eggs, so we are ahead on that point. One egg was not morphologically normal, and
was thrown out. So 16 eggs to fertilize
with Spencer’s donation (which the doctor said had excellent morphology). We will get a phone call Saturday morning
with an update on how many eggs fertilize. This is getting real!
Transfer is
planned for Wednesday; I’m calling this knocked up day. Like I said, once it gets going, this process
goes fast! We start the progesterone
shots tomorrow evening, which Spencer gets to give me. I’m super anxious about
these, but trust him. It will all be
worth it in the end. For now, I’m
drinking lots of PowerAde and eating salty foods to keep from getting bloated
and keep the water out of my ovaries. I’m crampy and uncomfortable, but it isn’t
terrible. What hurts the most is my
hand, which is bruised from the IV and hurts; I’ve spent most of the day with
an ice pack on my hand to help keep the pain away.
iVs are the worst! My first baby they butchered it and it was painful the whole time!! But others haven't been so painful! Hugs and I'm super excited for you!! Yay! You got this girl! Pregnancy will be a breeze if you can handle all this!! 😘
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