I am baaaack! Just wanted to update that we went this morning. We got there early around 8am (appt was at 8:30) and waited just under 10 minutes. I put on a gown, then the booties, and the cool shower cap looking thing and was ready. I relaxed for a while with Aaron and the nurse just answered all my questions! She was great! Then she did the IV... OUCH!! They just used water at first and then once in the main room they would put the sleepy meds through IV. Me and Aaron just sat there talking about Cujo since we watched it last night and it seemed to make the time go by faster. Finally around 8:50, another nurse came and and walked me to THE room. It didn't look like I thought it would. I guess I expected a BIG O.R. room but nope, looked like a room with some stirrups, a tv, and an u/s machine. Then a bunch of supplies too. I did notice a window type opening in which the door slides. I didn't know what it was until the actual procedure started.
Dr. Valdes got there (my doctor wasn't on call so it was another doc but she has a reputation as good as Dr. Dunn's) and told me she was inserting the meds. They got me to slide down on the bed and then before you know it, the FIRE alarm on the ceiling started to move in circles. I looked around and sure enough everything was moving and I started to get drowsy. I even giggled because it felt funny. Well from that point I do remember some stuff but not really. I wasn't completely out and I did feel some pain but then they would give me more of that "good stuff" and it would go away. :)
So the window opening was for the embryologist. I guess the doc was passing the eggs to him via a catheter or something. I am not sure. I heard Dr. Valdes saying stuff like she wasn't sure or I don't know but I got worried. I guess I worried for nothing because she got 17 eggs!!! WOOHHOOOOO! 17 EGGIES!!! I don't remember much after that. I don't even remember how I got to my room. :) But once there the nurse told me they got 17 eggs. Aaron already knew as Dr. Valdes told him herself. She said the average woman got 10-12 so I was above average!!! I was happy to hear that. At this time the nurse let Aaron go take care of business since I was knocked out and it was going to take me a while to recover. When he came back he was laughing because I was saying weird things. But it was like I was dreaming 100 dreams at a time. Seriously. After about an hour they let me go.
So tomorrow they call me with the fertilization report. Just because we are doing ICSI doesn't mean they will all fertilize. But so far, I am very happy with our numbers!!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
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