Wow- it has been quite the new year already. We enjoyed a nice ending to 2008 with Mike and Jackie Downing and their pups, Rocky and Sadie. Wilma even enjoyed the company and played with them some. We ate some yummy Keller chili, played a game of Scene It (I won!), watched the ball drop and then they went home and we went to bed. We are such party animals!
Brian and I enjoyed a lot of off time together New Year's Day and then through the weekend. Last Friday I had my final progress appointment with IRH. It was a whirlwind. They brought us in, took blood, did my ultrasound and then whisked us off into another room where we got our set of directions for the month, scheduled my IVF, and learned all about everything that would be happening. It was both exciting and scary all at once!
Monday was my IVF retrieval surgery. Everything went very well! I woke up ready for the day, showered and we were on our way extra early. I took my Valium in the car, and then we waited patiently in the "waiting room". The nurse came out and got us, and instructed me to get out of my comfy clothes and into the lovely front open gown, booties and hair net. I love surgical garb! Then she put in my IV and I waited patiently for surgery. Brian got to sit there with me for everything, which was wonderful. They wheeled me back to surgery and I can remember lying there waiting for the doctor, but after his arrival, everything else is really a blur. Talk about an amnesiac state. I can remember being in pain and somewhat being told everything was going well and I was doing good. Otherwise, all I can remember is that the ceiling was painted blue with clouds. haha! I full recall recovery though. They wheeled me out, I saw Brian, I was able to dress on my own, I got my IV removed and all was great- until I got nauseous and threw up! :( I'm a very cheap drunk, which I was completely prepared for. Brian then took me home and put me to bed, where I stayed for hours! I think I was in there until he left for school, which was 4pm! I woke up shortly after he left and wandered to the family room couch. I had the hellish time of getting comfortable. My entire body hurt- not just the bloating in my belly, but my entire back and shoulders felt like I'd been beat severely. From what I understand it is something to do with the gas they use to make all my organs "float" during surgery. That pain continued through Monday and into yesterday. Today the back and shoulder pain has subsided, but I'm far too bloated for comfort! I seriously feel like I look pregnant and even Brian (finally) admitted I do look pretty bloated! Sucks because I don't want people at work to "talk", but not much I can do about it. I was able to find a pair of pants yesterday that were comfy for work, but the ones I chose today aren't working as well. I guess this is just hopefully a sign of what is to come. :)
So, now that my IVF retrieval is all done I know that they were able to get 18 eggs in total, which is just an extremely exciting number! From that they were able to fertilize 11, which is also great! Tomorrow I go back into IRH for my embryo transfer. They are only going to put in 2, which is fine with me seeing as I don't know if we could survive 11 children! haha! Then from there on out I just continue taking my Prometrium (the uncomfortable way!) and I'll go back Jan 22nd for a pregnancy test. This is going to be a very, very long month! Fortunately Brian has started back at school, so that should help the time go by. And work should start picking up with the holidays over.
Jackie finds out what she is having at the end of this month too, so we are going to rely on one another to hold ourselves together through the anticipation. Only what, 15 days to go?!
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