Had a bit of a bad sleep last night - mostly because of the earthquake in the night, 4.9. It was quite sharp and took off a bit and I was thinking you have to be kidding me, something else to add to this rocky IVF cycle!! ha ha.
Luckily it stopped and I went back to sleep when I realised there would be no more, a good hour or so later. I then woke up at 6am to have a little bit to eat as needed to eat no later than 6.45am and then went back to bed for a little bit longer.
When I did get up I spent the morning doing the thing I love most - listening and singing to music. I was nervous however this helped keep me calm! But finally it was time for us to leave home and head to the clinic... now the nerves kicked in.
When we got there, they were running about 15-20mins late. Hubby went off to give his contribution and I was taken into a room where I had to get into a gown, take a valium to calm me, have my BP and temp done and then sit with a hot water bottle on my hands until the doc came in. While we were waiting the embryologist came in and talked to us about what to expect - she said that if only 1 fertilised we would be looking at a day 3 transfer however the hope is we can get to day 5 as more chance of the fertilised egg getting to blastocyst which is the best possible result. Was good to talk to her and meet who would be looking after my wee embies.
The doc finally came in - wasn't my usual specialist but it was the big honcho medical director/specialist and it would be him that would be doing the procedure. I actually felt really good about this - like I was in the best possible care!
So once a line was put in my hand, I went through to theater. Hubby came in too which was really nice. It was a nice and relaxed atmosphere, music playing, lots of chatting and laughing (despite the fact my feet were up on the lovely stirrups and my vajayjay out on show). I was given some vicodin and wow that hit me quick - made me very dopey and drowsy, but still with it enough to ask questions. I then had a local put in somewhere in my uterus and the procedure began. He had the dildocam on to look at all the follicles and then he took them out one-by-one by draining them. They were then handed over to the embryologist who was able to look at them straight away and see which of them had eggs in them. We managed to get 6 eggs from 7 follicles - everyone was very pleased with this, and they constantly stressed that its about quality not quantity. I was then taken to recovery for about an hour to rest and then have a little something to eat and drink.
Im now home, a little tender but nothing too bad. Had a 2hour sleep which was good. My darling husband is waiting on me, catering to my every need - such a sweetheart, don't know what I would do without him.
Now we wait! This afternoon after the sperm has been spun and the best ones found they add them to the eggies and overnight they fertilise. Tomorrow morning we will find out how many have fertilised out of our 6. We are hoping that in amongst our wee embies there is a fighter or 2.... we really want to meet him/her one day so keep fighting!!!
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