Wednesday, November 10, 2010

A Baker's Dozen

I arrived at the surgery center on time this morning and they got all the paper work done on me. I didn't wait in the outer waiting room for very long, but I waited through 3 episodes of The Gol.den Girls while hooked up to an IV and in a gown. The hubs waited with me and I spoke to 3 anesthesiologists and 2 nurses. FINALLY, my doctor came in. They took me down to the IVF Suite and had me lay down. My doctor told the hubs at that time, while I was getting situated, that he hoped to get 8-10 eggs.

All I remember is laying down, having my legs put in these "hip stirrups" as opposed to having my feet in the air and then I was in recovery. The actual ER lasted about 35 minutes and they retrieved 13 eggs. My doctor told me that I'd done a good job and he was proud of me. I woke up in recovery to the worst AF-like cramps I've ever had. They let me have a little Spr!te at that point and told me that I had to go to the bathroom before I could leave. My recovery nurse took me down to the bathroom, but my cramps were so bad that I couldn't go. She finally came back to check on me and turned the water on. That's never effected me one way or another, but today it did the trick. The nurse came back in, disconnected my IV and let me get dressed. I then got wheeled out of the building in a wheelchair to the hubs and our awaiting car.

Ibuprofen was a great help once we got home. And I went straight to bed. Woke up, ate some chicken noodle soup and went back to bed. I only got up recently and have taken up perch on the couch. I figure I need to stay awake at this point, even though i could totally still sleep, because I want to sleep well tonight.

Tomorrow begins the Pr0gesterone injections and fert reports.

(Also, the girl I mentioned from Sunday? She came in as I was about to leave for the actual ER. She said she'd had major growth over the weekend and she was here for ER too. I was so, so, so happy for her and her hubs!)

10 comments:

  1. You overachiever, you!!!! That's so awesome, Alison, it sounds like it couldn't have gone better. Relax, recoop and recharge tonight. Time for those beautiful eggies to turn into beautiful embies!!! Thinking of you. xoxo

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  2. That's great news! It seems that your desire to excel has paid off again. Rest up and feel better soon -- you've got a big event coming up!

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  3. That is great news, it sounds like everything went really well! Crossing my fingers for a great fertilization report!

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  4. What wonderful news!! Yay! Glad everything went well! And what great news for the other girl too :)

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  5. Sounds like it went wonderfully! Yay!

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  6. that's awesome, hoping for a good fertilization report!

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  7. YAY that all sounds so good! I hope you are feeling better today. We are rooting you on here:)

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  8. Awesome news!! Loved your re-count of everything - totally my same experience with the monsta stirrup things and then the water on while peeing. I am usually so drunk that I'm lucky to get my butt on the toilet! Wishing you a speedy recovery and great embryo fertilization and growth!

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  9. Wonderful wonderful news! Looking foward to your fert. report.

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  10. That is awesome Alison!!! I am so thrilled for you! You just rest up and heal up for that transfer (and then rest a bunch more, LOL). I'm so excited for you!

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