Fertilitzation report

Got our fert report!
10 eggs retrieved
8 mature
6 fertilized normally via ICSI

Won't get another update until right before our transfer next Sunday. Ugh!! There is no part of this process that isnt riddled with anxiety!

The embryologist said that they won't look at them again until Sunday morning so calling them isn't going to help. What?? They aren't going to even look at them? Argh! Feel like they should at least check in on them - at least a peak on day 3!! But I guess there isn't really anything they can do for them between now and Sunday - just have to wait it out. So I guess I have to do the same. All this waiting is for the birds - especially now that we have something growing! Up until now it was only the promise of something.

Egg retrieval update

I weighed myself this morning to get a baseline before egg retrieval and already gained a pound! I've been literally chugging gatorade like it's my job. I have a bladder the size of a peanut so I will be up peeing all night long I'm sure! 

They got 10 eggs today. RE said that was good. Egg retrieval went well - so easy! Was really dopey afterwards. Kept asking my hubby if he got his 'homies' out okay. LOL. Just a bit out of it still right now. We find out tomorrow how many were mature and how many fertilized. Wish they would tell us the number of eggs that were mature today, but oh well. Just trying to distract myself, watching crappy daytime TV and may go vote later if I feel up to it.

Egg retrieval tomorrow morning

I am just loading up on fluids to prepare for my egg retrieval tomorrow morning. Pretty nervous about the aftermath and hoping I won't get OHSS but the nurse reassured me that it'll all be fine. My E2 is high - but not too high which is why they triggered me. She just said to PUSH the fluids to the point that I want to puke. LOL! So we'll see how it goes! Hoping to have a good number to report tomorrow and a good fertilization report on Wednesday!

Triggering tonight!

Triggering tonight for egg retrieval on Tuesday!

I'm triggering a bit early because my E2 level went waaayy up today to 5100. So RE has me on Cabergoline to prevent OHSS. Kinda takes the wind outta my sails a bit cuz know I don't know how many mature eggs they'll find. Hopefully it'll be enough.

Day 10 of stims

Ugh - still waiting on call from nurse but my ultrasound this morning showed that we didn't get much follie growth today. My E2 levels however were very high yesterday at 3000ish. It's good for my lining but not so good for keeping OHSS at bay. Nurse was saying that they may want to push me a day longer and trigger tomorrow to see if smaller follies catch up. Or depending on my E2 level - if it got higher - they may want to have me trigger tonight to prevent OHSS. Trying to figure out online if my follies are big enough to trigger. Nurse wasn't forthcoming with that info. Had 16 follies one at 20mm today but others were b/n 10-18mm. I'm reading that the HCG shot increase follie size a bit and brings them to maturity. So maybe I'll still have a good number of mature eggs. I don't know. Starting to get nervous!

Day 9 of stims

None of my shots really hurt. My acupuncturist is surprised that I don't have bruises all over my tummy. The follistim hurts more than the lupron for me because my injection pen doesn't push in so easy. I try to do the injections where my pants don't hit because they can pull my skin at the injection site and make it feel uncomfortable. Also I bleed if I slowly insert the needle instead of using the dart-like quick motion. Did that the other day when I had a blonde moment:P
My scan went well. Almost there! One more scan tomorrow morning. They want me to take a half dose of stim tomorrow and then trigger tomorrow night for ER on Tuesday! Whoo! Getting anxious!!

Day 8 of stims

RE monitored me yesterday. Had 16 follies from 8-16mm. E2 was 1800ish. That was up from 1200 the day prior so my levels had slowed and they said I could resume my follistim. Today had 16 follies again from 10-18mm. Good growth at about 2mm/day. But E2 was 2700ish!! Big change I guess. So they told me not to stim tonite and tomorrow morning. So tired of this back and forth. And I still really don't feel much. Am getting sorta sore in my ovarian region and am getting nauseous more often, but still not much. Just tired of daily blood draws in my arm. Hate those!! Starting to get track marks. Shots are fine, vaginal ultrasounds are unpleasant but fine but these blood tests are getting to be intolerable!!