Don't you love the hair net!? haha!
I have to say that I was a little bit jealous !
Yesterday, Friday February 24th, was our retrieval day!! Still can't believe that we've come this far! We got there around 10:00 for an 11:00 retrieval. (They wanted us to be there 45 mins early). They took us back in this separate room that we had never been in before and gave Andrea the adorable outfit that you see above. They checked all of Andrea's vitals. Then the anesthesiologist came back to talk to her about her health history and what he would be doing today.
After a bit of waiting, they took her back into the room to do the retrieval. There was one semi-scary moment when I could hear the doctors loudly asking Andrea to take a deep breath over and over again. I wanted to go in there and smack her saying "cut it out and take a deep breath damn it!" They must have gotten her to take a deep breath because she came out shortly thereafter. The whole procedure took about 20-25 mins. She was a little groggy when she came out, but she was awake. We found out right away that they were able to retrieve 11 eggs from the 12 follicles that she had. At that point they said that transfer will most likely be a day-5 transfer, which means it will be on Wednesday February 29th. :) :) :)
Initially after the retrieval, she was fine... little to no pain. Once we got home, then she started to have some cramping. I read online that gatorade helps with cramping, so I got her some gatorade and she was allowed to take advil. This helped a lot. Today, she's much better. Still a little tired, but much better.
In the meantime, I started taking the progesterone shots 2 days ago and OMG they are so painful. I could handle the Lupron and E2V shots, no problem. But the progesterone shots make it feel like i have a giant deep bruise on my bottom. And now that I've had two shots, I had to do one on each side and so both sides now hurt. We used an ice pack last night to numb the area and then a warm compress for immediately after the shot (two internet tips). While the ice pack helped for giving the shot, it did nothing for the pain afterwards. The pain this morning, and all day today was awful. I get a little anxious before getting the shots because it already hurts so much and then to think about a huge needle going into a bruise... ugh! not fun! It's not an actual bruise, but it feels like a bruise. I have to just keep reminding myself how lucky we are to be able to do this in the first place! And that it will all be worth it when we hear our baby's heartbeat! :)
This morning we got a phone call from Dr. Peters. He said that out of the 11 eggs, only 6 of them were "good eggs", BUT they were able to fertilize all 6! So at this point, we wait for a phone call on Monday with another update to see how they are doing. He mentioned again today that our transfer could be on Wednesday OR Thursday. EXCITED!!!! :)
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