Today was the big day…Retrieval! My final egg numbers on 4/19 were a total of 14 ranging from 22mm to 8mm. Well, my doctor took all 14. I’ll find out tomorrow how many are mature and are fertilized. I’m praying we still have double digits tomorrow.

Going into this morning I was just as nervous as the first time. I was very uncomfortable, emotional and tired. It didn’t help that my husband couldn’t say anything right and we got into a stupid minor fight on the way there. But being as emotionally stressed as I was, it got me really upset.

I was the only retrieval for the morning so it was nice to have all of the attention. We had the presidential suite of rooms. I was also really happy that my doctor, Dr Greene, that I had been meeting with since August was doing the procedure and not another doctor in the practice.  This made me even more positive about the outcome.  But regardless, once I entered the procedure room I got really nervous.

The anesthesiologist got everything ready and I like that he puts an essential oil of your choosing under your nose so you smell that while you’re under and when you wake up. The last thing I remember is him telling me goodnight and I could smell and taste a weird chemical/plastic taste.

I woke up to Dr Greene telling me I was a rockstar and he got 14 eggs! I was overjoyed! They brought me into my recovery room where my husband was waiting. I got into bed with a heating pad and got a bag of IV. After that I began to feel the pain. It was a lot worse than the first time. The anesthesiologist was awesome and gave me a dose of dilaudin (a really good narcotic). This helped immediately and I was in no pain! About an hour later I was in the car on the way home but completely out of it.

My comfort food after any procedure is mac and cheese and froyo. Well froyo is my  go to treat that needs no reason or excuse. So I was looking forward to these treats once I had an appetite. I took a Tylenol Codeine as soon as I got home and was still feeling good from the dilaudin. I was so out of it and tired, but I couldn’t sleep. I watched a whole season of Girls and still couldn’t fall asleep. I couldn’t keep my eyes open and was “dreaming” but not completely asleep, it’s really frustrating. Once the dilaudin wore off, I was feeling it the Tylenol Codeine takes a little of the pain away, but not much.

So I’ve laid in bed all day drinking Pedialyte and water and catching up my DVR trash TV. I made it out of bed to eat dinner and walk a bit but it doesn’t take much to exhaust me.  Well, it is supposed to be almost 80 so I’m going to try to sit outside and read if I can make it out there.

I’ll be saying my prayers that we have 10-14 eggs fertilized tomorrow. Going to bed with positive spirits! 🙏🙏