Today I had my egg retrieval. I was prescribed a Valium to take at 715am, and our appt was a 745am. By the time we got to the office, I had already fallen asleep! They got me set up with an IV, gown, booties and hair net (and I forgot my camera!) and the nurse gave me Versed, which is what is called a 'twilight sedation' drug (you are not quite out but not quite awake, either. It also has an amnesiac effect.) I remember moving to a bed in the OR, having my legs put up in stirrups and feeling a clamping feeling. The next thing that I remember was waking up in the recovery room, where I slept for awhile. I was given some crackers and Coke, my IV was removed and we were sent home. (John had given his sample while I was in surgery.)
The final tally: nineteen eggs! Dr. Scheiber, who did our procedure, said it was an 'above average' number. Woot! I feel like we aced a test! (We had TWENTY-NINE last time, though! I'm slipping. :-) We will get a phone call tomorrow to hear how our eggs-and-sperm are doing. The embryo(s) that are (hopefully) created will be inserted on either Sunday or Tuesday, depending on how things look in the lab over the next 24 hours.
I'm extremely sore tonight, much more so than last time. I slept most of the day and when I got up, I was suprised by how stiff I feel. The nurse told me to take extra strength Tylenol for pain, and it does help a little, but I miss being able to take my Advil tonight!
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