IVF Part Two

November 14th

The morning after egg retrieval we woke up before the roosters to do my PIO (progesterone in oil) injection. This is the needle that is HUGE, no exaggeration. It's about an 1 1/2" long. Dr. Miracle marked two bull eyes on my back side and that is where DH administered the injection. Let's just say he wasn't gentle. He is better now but the first week was a little tough.

Around 10 am I received a call from Nurse Awesome. She was calling to give us our fertilization report. They retrieved 20 eggs, only 15 were mature. Out of those 15, only 5 fertilized. She said they were hoping for more to fertilized. I asked her if we would even have any embryos to freeze for future use and she said it's too soon to tell. I was very disappointed but still grateful that we had something to work with.

Embryo Transfer

We arrived at Dr. Miracles office around 10am. I was filled with so many different emotions. Excited, happy, nervous, hopeful, scared, etc. DH and I were sitting patiently in the waiting room when Dr. Miracle came to talk to us. He told us that with my young age he felt comfortable putting two embryos back. This through me for a loop because at the egg retrieval he told me three. I asked him how many embryos we had left and he said only two survived. Oh I get it now... that is why he is saying two.

I was the brought to the back and prepped for embryo transfer. I was about to pee my pants because I couldn't pee for two hours prior to transfer. The reason why I couldn't pee is because they do an ultrasound to watch the embryos go into the uterus. I was lying in bed with six different people looking at my vagina. I felt totally violated but hey anything for a baby right :) They began the transfer and about 5 minutes later it was all done.

I had to lie in bed for 20 minutes before I was aloud up. Dr. Miracle came in before he headed to the hospital for scheduled surgeries. He said our chances were 50%. I guess that is better than nothing. I began to get dressed and was on strict orders to head home and stay in bed for two days. I was aloud to get up and go to the bathroom only but let's just say my back is still sore. I don't care what anyone says, when you have to lay on your back for two whole days. IT HURTS! DH did a great job catering to me. I think I annoyed him but I just have to say he is awesome. I'm so thankful to have such a loving, caring, and supportive husband.

continued in part 3 :)