Sweet Sixteen!

I got the call from the embryologist this morning that 16 fertilized normally! He'll call me again tomorrow with another update and will hopefully tell me if we are having a 3 day or a 5 day transfer! (fingers crossed we make it to a 5 day as that gives you a better chance of success)

And now that I'm feel less sleepy, here's a recap of yesterday!

We arrived at RGI at 8:00 and were taken back to a pre op room. I changed into my gown and the anesthesiologist came in and chatted with us. RGI is different than ORM in that they knock you out for egg retrievals (THANK GOD!). So we hung out for a few with the anesthesiologist and then I was taken to the procedure room and Chris hung out in the waiting room.

The procedure room was pretty overwhelming with all the equipment and such but they started an IV and within a few seconds I was feeling great! Oh and Andrea- one of the IVF nurses at RGI knows you.... I didnt catch her name but she grew up off of Leatherstocking.... I'll try and find out the next time I see her.

Anyway, I don't remember anything except when I woke up I asked "do you need me to put my feet in the sturups?" and the anesthesiolgist said "No honey, we're all done." They took me back to the pre-op room and at that point I was wide awake. They brought Chris back, I changed and then we sat and chatted until the embryologist came in and gave us the good news: 22 eggies!!

Because of my previous history, Dr. J and Rex (the embryologist) decided to ICSI half of the eggs. The idea was just to try something new this time around to see if it gives us the outcome we're looking for.

I was allowed to leave pretty much instantly and went home, had a yummy Tim Horton's breakfast, popped a couple vicodin, and hung out on the couch for the rest of the day.

Today I'm actually feeling fine. No real pain or anything. I will probably take one more vicodin and relax most of the day.

Now back to the fert report....

So 22 eggs retrieved, 11 ICSI'd:
8 out of the 11 ICSI'd fertilized normally and...
8 out of the 11 not-ICSI'd also fertilzed normally giving us our Sweet Sixteen!

Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers and support! We love you all!