Fertilization

They took 15 yesterday.
14 were mature,
11 fertilized!!!

Tentative transfer is Monday 1/30 @ 10:30 but they will call me Monday morning to let me know if they want to push the transfer out to Wednesday!

Recovery fun time

Slept most of the day and then was pampered by my brother's family. Jason, Holly, Katie & Emily brought a delicious dinner, then the girls and I played makeover. The pictures don't do the makeup justice. :-)

Retrieval

They retrieved 15 eggs! Tomorrow they will call with the number that fertilized. Implant will be on Monday or Wednesday depending on how the grow. We're praying for God to put a bubble of protection around our 'dishes'.

Can't write more - soooo sleepy.

7 minutes late

Mad dash home, key wouldn't work to let me in the house, Justin pulled up at 7:58 and the drugs were injected @ 8:07. Pretty sure 7 minutes late is ok but if not - PRAYERS PLEASE!

Monitoring Visit #3

Praise God! So remember when I said that I have 9-11 follicles? Yea- that number DOUBLED. I've got tons of little eggies now. The nurse who did the ultrasound said that my ovaries do not look like what they expected. With my low AMH, they wouldn't have guessed that I would be producing so many eggs. My God is answering prayers! Also - I don't mean to brag but my lining is apparently g o r g e o u s. The nurse said it was beautiful, then when the doctor saw it he basically made a catcall. Too funny!

So - retrieval is set for Friday morning at 8am! I have to take three shots tonight at exactly 8pm. The new drug that I'm adding tonight is the one that will make me ovulate, so it's very important to take it on time. Also, the nurse just called with my E2 results and said my "estrogen is just as beautiful as my ovaries" in a super cheerful voicemail. :-)

Step by step!

Just a little more drugs

So I had to order refills of my meds since my eggs are slow growing. Since Justin is in school on Tuesdays and the drugs have to be refrigerated, I had the box sent to work. A little awkward in the break room when unpacking the box to put the meds in the fridge!!! Tomorrow is another monitoring visit. Then breakfast with my husband and my Holly! Hopefully everything is growing well and they will give us an official retrieval date! Pray for these little eggs and please pray for a little stress relief. Work is nuts and so are my dogs! I have big concerns over the youngest one, Walker - he's a trouble maker. Pray we make the right decision when it comes to that baby. If anyone knows a good and reasonable dog trainer, post the info!!! Here's a pic of the monster and his bro & sis (random shots stored in my phone - in order it's Chloe, Samson, then Walker). They are lucky they are cute.

Verse of the day

The instruction of the Lord is perfect,

renewing one's life;

the testimony of the Lord is trustworthy,

making the inexperienced wise. (Psalm 19:7 HCSB)

Monitoring Visit #2

My endometrium (uteran lining) is beautiful- according to the nurse. Still have about 11 eggs growing. They've gotten bigger and my E2 level has gotten higher so we are moving in the right direction. My next monitoring visit will be on Wednesday at 8am so hopefully they will be able to tell us when retrieval will be during that appointment. I'm guessing it will be on Friday or Saturday. Yay!