IVF 7: Egg Retrieval

For the seventh time in my life, I went through an egg retrieval. I've been there so often that the OR staff already knows me. The anesthesiologist already knew my tricky veins. It was uneventful for the most part. The azithro wreaked havoc on my system as expected. My weight and vitals were fine. It felt like they were running late (waited in the waiting room 40 min, then waited for the IV to get started almost 30 min) but they ended up taking us back early and I was home sooner than expected. We made a trip to the store on the way home to pick up doughnuts and latkes for Shabbat.

They got 21 eggs. I tried really hard not to be disappointed with that number. I was expecting high-20s results, especially since my E2 was at 2988 on day 14. I totally thought I'd get 29-30. Part of this game is managing expectations and I let mine run away. I know disappointment isn't the right response; not at this stage anyway.

While I can hope they're all mature and all fertilize, I know that's unrealistic. So now the waiting game begins to see how many make it to blast.

I was worried about retrieval and going under so I'm glad the cycle on my end is over and I can work on recovery and putting this behind me, dare I hope maybe even for the last time.

Shabbat shalom and Happy Chanukah!