Egg Retrieval Complete! Transfer is set!

Hi all sorry it has been so long but I have been the biggest couch potato this weekend!!!

Ok on Thursday we did the Retrieval. We got 15 eggs which is not too shabby for one hardworking ovary!! It wasn't so bad but still a little scary since it is a surgery. I woke up in pain so they gave me some pain meds and then we were able to go home were I was pampered by my hubby!

On Friday they called us and said that none of them had signs of fertilization (talk about a heart stopping moment!) and that they did "emergency ICSI on 7 of them) the remaining ones had signs of the polar bodies so they left them alone.

So one sleepless and tear-filled night later they called again and said 8 of them had fertilized!!!!! (UGHH Relief, pure relief!!!)

And today they called and said we would blast (take them to blastocyst stage) them all and do a day 5 transfer and (drum roll please) there are now 8 -12 embryos that look good. I wish they would have let me know that it is ok to have late bloomers!!! It would have saved me and DH alot of heartache. But now I am so excited that I am only looking ahead!!

So the F. E. T. is set for Wednesday Morning. I will do acupuncture before and after my transfer.

I can't say how much of a roller coaster ride this month has been. All of the highs and lows (and throw in lots of hormones and meds, and soreness!!!) let's just say it will all be worth it in the end.

Thank you all for your support!!!

Hoping I trigger tonight

Sorry I haven't posted in a while! I will hopefully trigger tonight for a ER of Thursday morning. But I might trigger Wednesday night instead, which is fine but that means that I need to buy more Follistim (or I might get luck - hey I am Irish and it is my day - and get another freebie!!) I have to go back later today to see.

My stats:
Number of ovaries: 1
Number of Follicles right now: 21!!!! (I am an over achiever!)
Number of yucky bruises: about 5 (from self injections and uncooperative veins)

I am so ready to trigger!!! So wish me luck please!!!

Go Ovary Go!

Ok, so I am typing to keep myself from falling alseep at my desk! Thank God I work for my Husband's family business! They have been really understanding with all the time I have had to take off (well they do want another grandkid(s) after all!)

I am so tired and dizzy/loopy from the high dose of Follistim I am on. But it is all worth it! I had another check up today amd the doc counted 13 follicles. He said and I quote, "Your one ovary is doing the work of two!"

Yay Lefty!!!

I am hoping that the Egg retrieval is soon so I don't have to buy more meds but the doc said I might have too. We'll know more this weekend. Whatever it takes we will do it!

Free Drugs!!!!

I love my nurse!! No, I LOVE my nurse!!!! She has been a God send in a year filled with huge costs, she has given us free meds!!!

I am on a high dose of Follistim so I have burned through it a lot faster than we though we would. She found out that we are paying for everything out of pocket and gave us extra meds!!! It is a different brand (Gonal- F) but works in the same way.

I called her and begged," I mean asked nicely" if she had anymore meds to give us. She said yes!!!!

My credit card remains safe for another day!!!!

So for everyone who has to pay out of pocket like me - ask your nurses!!!!!!!

Throwing up!! I'm not even pregnant yet!!!!!

So yesterday as I drove home from my acupuncture appointment, I started to feel a little nauseous. OK no big deal I thought, I should be fine: it is just the Metformin and the whole wheat bread and chicken nuggets I tricked myself into believing is low carb mixing in my stomach... as I got closer to my house I got sicker and sicker, until I pulled onto my garage, raced into the house, and straight to the bathroom and threw up instantly!!! Well this was a new symptom, I haven't thrown up before on Metformin.

I was doing so well too! I felt fine all weekend, and did have some whole wheat bread and small amounts of other carbs, but I started to allow too many carbs back in this week!!! So now I am back to square one. So far today I have only had a banana, deli meat, cheese, and veggies with dip. So I should be safe!!

This week has been tough for me, but I now it will be worth it!!! And nothing will bring me down, I am too excited about the news that I finally get to start my IVF cycle!!!!!

Cyst, what cyst?

The cyst is GONE!!!! I start stimming on Saturday.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Thanks for the responses!

Hi all,
Thanks for the support and tips! The low carb diet is going well. I have also upped my dose of Metformin to two full pills a day. It turns out that the low carb diet helps with my metformin symptoms - which is great!!! I have been feeling good all weekend!!!!! I go in on Wednesday morning to see if the evil cyst has gone away. I really hope it has!! Until then I go to acupuncture today, and continue waiting and hoping!!!!

Good Luck to all the ladies that are stimming this week!!! I hope to be one of you soon!!!