Days 12-14/ER and Fertilization

Well we have had a couple of big days. Sunday morning was my egg retrieval and everything went really great. I felt much better going into than I did last time. Partly because I knew what to expect and partly because my follicles seemed better than before. Everything went very smoothly and we got 8 eggs! Yes, we went from 1 retrieved last time to 8 this time. So obviously a huge improvement. I also had a lot less pain after the retrieval, although I did have more nausea and the drive home after was pretty brutal (John thought I was asleep...I was just concentrating on not throwing up). I rested a lot yesterday and feel almost back to normal today.

We also got the call this afternoon that 5 eggs fertilized with ICSI, so another hurdle is past. So we have 5 little embryos growing in the lab. I will hear how they are doing around 11am tomorrow and then we will know if we will do a 3 day transfer on Wednesday or a 5 day transfer on Friday. If all 5 are still growing at a normal rate, we should be able to push to Friday. If any arrest between now and tomorrow and/or they are growing a little slow, then we will do the transfer on Wednesday. For now, we are planning to transfer one embryo back to lessen our risk of twins. We will decide tomorrow for sure, but if we only have 2 left by Wednesday and one or more is lower quality (therefore not likely to make it to freeze) then I would rather transfer two. I wouldn't mind twins as far as raising 2 babies at once, but twins means a high risk pregnancy and smaller babies and a lot of other factors I would rather not have to risk.

For now though, I am so happy and relieved and feel like this could actually work for us now.