On Thursday evening I took the lupron injections and the trigger shot. On Friday I took my last two injections of Lupron and we had our ultrasound appointment with Lacy. I was extremely nervous about this appointment. At her last ultraosund in San Antonio they noted that there was some fluid on her uterus. This was not a deal breaker by any means but if the fluid was tstill there not only would they have to drain it, they would have to push the transfer date out. This means they would have to freeze the embryos until her uterus was ready. Thank the good Lord there was no fluid on her uterus and it looked great!! Only God could have had his hand in this! After the ultrasound Lacy, Paul and I went to lunch for her birthday. For those of you that don't know them, they are such great people. I'm not saying that only because they are giving us the greatest gift of all, but in general. They have such big hearts and are so down to earth and open about life and it's struggles! Friday afternoon my mom and Ray came in to town since she was going to the appointment with us. Of course she took the kitchen over and cooked enough meals for an army! My oldest brother John came over for a little while to hang out as well. I went to bed early thinking if I laid there long enough I would be able to sleep.. well that didn't really work out. I think once I finally fell asleep the alarm was going off. We left the house just before 6 to head in for my 645 appointment. The anesthesiologist met with us first to dicuss everything. I've had problems in the past with nausea after sedations so he made sure to address all of our concerns. Dr. Allon came in to talk to us and he seemed so positive that everything had went so well. Before you knew it the IV was in my arm and they were getting ready to walk me in. Of course I was a nervous wreck! It's a small OR room. I walked in and laid on the bed. They administered some meds to help me relax because I was shaking a crying. I had to place my legs in the high stirups and they strapped them in them... really comfortable- said no one ever!! The next thing I remember I was in recovery and could barely keep my eyes open! They were able to retrieve 22 eggs and they will look at all of them and which ever ones are mature and healthy will be injected with Thomas' sperm and they will monitor them over the next couple of days. With the amount they retrieved they anticipate transfer to be on Thursday. I am so thankful that we were able to use my eggs and Thomas' sperm making the emrbyos 100% ours. There are so many men and women wtih major fertility issues and they are not always able to use their eggs or sperm, so we are beyond blessed. After the procedure I came home and slept most of the day. The pain wasn't too bad just very uncomfortable. I would do every part of this over again, do not get me wrong but I am happy that we are at the point we're at! I tried not to take any pain meds just otc tylenol. Here are some pictures from Friday--
Fingers crossed for #babybray
My biggest supporter and my baby daddy!!
good drugs! photo courtesy of my baby daddy!
My mom and I after surgery!
Saturday morning.. Woo wee, they weren't lying when they said today might be worse! I had to take a pain pill this morning, and I knew I should have had more to eat for breakfast with the coedine! About 30 minutes after I took the pill I started throwing up. I don't mean to be TMI, but I also have had to take medicine to help me go to the bathroom ( 1 and 2, haha). I think my body is saying it's had enough shots and pills for while. Luckily I had some phenegran from a previous illness and I was able to take that to help with nausea. My mom and Ray left this morning. She was so exctied to be at the appointment with us yesterday. Not only had Thomas and I became used to the fact of a baby not being in our cards but so did our family so now that we are this far along is beyond amazing. While typing this Amber from Dr. Allon's office called to give us the report. They retrieved 22 eggs and were able to feritlize 17 of them, out of those 17, 12 have survived and they will monitor them for the next couple of days. She said they looked strong and very promising so we are still on for Thursday as the transfer date! I can't wait to see how many make it to the final stage. We will have some decisions to make. We will keep them frozen for 1 year and go from there! I just can't believe how far along we are in this process!! The swelling will not go down for about 2 weeks, and I have to be honest I will be kind of sad when it does. It's the closest thing I'll ever have to a baby bump and then it will be gone. Baby bump or not I can't wait to hold that baby in my arms.. everything that we've been through will just be a memory! Thomas told me yesterday after I came out of surgery.. Babe, it's finally hitting me.. I'm going to be a daddy. Talk about water works! OUr child and I are so blessed to have him. He is going to be the best daddy!! Well I'm going to take a nap and see if I can get myself motivated to clean up and maybe fix my hair! Till next time.. #babybray
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