Hail Mary

So as most of you know, our E/R was this morning. Let me start by saying it couldn't have gone any better! I had my regular RE rather than that (insert word here) other one. They retrieved 12 eggs, and it didn't hurt a bit!!!!

Here's the play-by-play, if you're interested:

They prescribed me a Xanax which I took at 9:30 this morning. It didn't make me feel dopey, it just calmed my nerves a little bit (may I have 30 more of those please?!) Then we reported to the embryo lab where they checked both mine and Chris' IDs, checked us in and had Chris...... um make a deposit......

Then we went to the REs office where they checked my blood pressure and gave me an injection of something called Dilaudid (or something like that). Again, this didn't make me feel dopey it just made me a little drowsy and took the edge off.

My IVF nurse checked on me continuously until about 11:30 when my RE arrived. He numbed my insides (I'll spare you the details) and then took an ultrasound with a needle attached and used the needle to get to my ovaries and drain each "follie." These were drained into a test tube which when full was sent through a little trap door right in the exam room. The door connected to the embryo lab (pretty cool) where the Embryologist was on the other side collecting the test tubes and searching for eggs within them. (This whole time, I was wide awake and could see everything he was doing on the ultrasound screen. It was awesome!) This went on for about 15-20 minutes and then we were done!

My RE stuck around to chat with us for a bit, I hung out until I was able to walk on my own, and then we headed home. Since getting home, I've been sleeping mostly, checking texts, and of course chatting with my friends on The Bump. I'm still feeling okay and am just now starting to get a little crampy. My RE prescribed me some Tylenol 3 and said I'd get pretty bloated and crampy (fun, fun) and this is perfectly normal.

The Embryologist will call us tomorrow to let us know how many of the 12 eggs were fertilized (it is usually about 70%). Then they'll decide if my transfer will be on Sunday or Tuesday.

Thanks for all of the well wishes, thoughts and prayers! Please start praying that we have lots of successfully fertilized eggs, tomorrow!