The day before yesterday was a big day for us on our long road to baby... actually it was focused more on my hubby. His doctor was able to successfully retrieve his sperm by means of a testicular biopsy. Albeit a painful procedure, it was necessary for us to have our baby. I love him so much for doing this for our baby and I wish I could've been there with him. Unfortunately, I had to go to work in order to avoid another warning from work.
Yesterday was my turn... I went to finally get my retrieval done! The appointment was set for 7:30 am but I had to be there an hour before. My mom drove me since my hubby was still recovering from his procedure. After filling out some paperwork, I changed into my hospital gown and waited a few minutes for the nurse to set up my IV. She tried to use my right arm about 3 times before switching to the left arm to insert the IV line. For some reason she couldn't find the vein in the right arm but I should've known to expect that since it's not the first time this has happened. (The nurses at Dr. R's office always find the vein on either arm but I guess that's just because they're awesome.) Anyway, I was then taken to the OR and asked to lie down on the table. I met my Anesthesiologist while the OR nurses strapped me down. When they were all ready, they called for Dr. R to begin and then I was asleep. The procedure lasted about 45 minutes and when I woke up, I recognized my Embryologist checking out my stats. He told me that they'd recovered 20 eggs and that it was the highest number he's seen in years!! Even though I was really groggy, I was ecstatic with the great news. I had a small bottle of water while he read me my discharge instructions and I was home about an hour later.
I can't believe how far we've come and I'm really anxious for the next and last step of the procedure... the Transfer! I got a call back from my nurse at Dr. R's office at around 3:30 pm while I was at work. She told me that out of the 20 eggs, 15 were fertilized. Out of the 15, 7 matured into embryos and that on Tuesday they will transfer 2 into me. I cannot wait to take 2 of those little ones home!! Everyone at work thinks we'll have twins and even though it seems like too much to handle, I'd happily carry 2 bundles of joy until they're ready to come out. If that's the case, I hope we all win the MegaMillions! ;-)
