What's next??

So, yesterday was our BIG day! I've been looking so forward to this day for a long long long time. I was soo excited that we actually made it to retrieval day, as for some women, it doesn't happen. It was perfect. I didn't under-stimulate and I didn't overstimulate. Yay!

We actually stayed the night at a motel Thursday night because we had to be at the hospital so early. We got to the hospital at 5:45 a.m. to get changed into my beautiful gown:

Don't I look marvelous?? No makeup, hair is so frizzy w/ flyaways because I cant use any product! Oh well!!!! All worth it!



At 6:15, our nurse Katy came in and hooked up my IV. Yowza! I really don't like those things! Around 7:05, I got to walk back to the OR. It was a really cool/weird experience. Both surgeries I've had, I was kinda loopy at this point and was wheeled back. It was cool to see all of the equipment and meet the anesthesiologist and his CNA helper dude (sorry! forgot what he was called! lol!). I got on the itty bitty table and my gown got stuck under me. Katy and I were laughing so hard trying to get it out. Then I laid back and I remember telling the CNA dude to make sure he wakes me up, and we will still be friends! =) I was really anxious at this point because I knew I was about to be knocked out. When they put the oxygen mask on my face I seriously thought I was being suffocated. My heart was racing and I started to panic in my mind. I remember him telling me the medicince would sting and be cold. I just remember praying to God and saying "Hold me close to you Lord" and that was it!

I woke up (kinda, not really) in the elevator with Jeremy taking my picture:

I then really remeber waking up in the Post-Op recovery room. My eyesight was really fuzzy, but I knew what I saw! The SAME nurse who took care of me last March when I had surgery! I was excited to see her! She was sooo sweet to me and took great care of me! (And gave me 2 popsicles!) Then I heard this little boy crying right down from me. It broke my heart. I remember asking her if I could go see him. I thought I could help him feel better. She of course, wouldn't let me go! After 20 minutes of being there, they wheeled me to the room that you stay in until you are released. Guess what?! SAME nurse! Woo hoo!! Another sweet lady. The first thing I had to do was pee. I had almost a full IV before surgery because Katy forgot after she hooked up my IV and left it wide open. So, after going to the restroom, 10 minutes later, it was time to go again. They decided to go ahead and unhook my IV. Sweet! Freedom!!!!!! So, I was tired of that board, er I mean bed. So, I sat on the little couch and chowed down on my graham crackers and apple juice. Jeremy got called in there and was very surprised to see me doing well. (Usually I'm either puking or knocked out). After about 10 minutes, they decided I could go home! YAY!

We went to Cracker Barrel, and I ate pretty good and didn't sleep the entire drive home. After we got home, I was so hungry again! Ate lunch, took a 45 minute nap and was wired the rest of the day. We went and ate with family last night and I slept like 10 hours last night! Amazing!We've been stressing releaxing and waiting for the fertilization report.

When it came in, it showed we actually had ELEVEN eggs retrieved and 6 of them fertilized. Woo hoo!!!! I was kinda sad to see that there were 5 eggs that weren't up to par, but then I remembered that I had quite a few follicles that weren't quite mature enough, so that explains why! We will get daily reports from the embryologist that will explain to us how our little babies are doing each day. If by Monday we have a little show off, we may have a transfer that day. If they are all developing at a gradual rate, then we will have a 5 day, blastocyst transfer. Neither is actually "better" per-se, but it just depends on the quality of the embryo. 5-Day transfers have a little higher success rate because this is the stage in development that the embryo begins to "hatch" from the little shell and implants to the uterus.

So, this is it for now! We just wait some more! I am on progesterone injections and it wasn't too bad. I know it will get tougher and we are praying for 84 days of the shots, instead of 14! I know that God has a plan for us and all 6 of these babies of ours. I just hope that He will let us bring at least one home to know Him and allow us to raise him/her to praise Him for his amazing works!