Egg Retrieval Day!

Today was the day! We arrived at the center at 7:45 this morning. Our egg retrieval was scheduled for 9:00, but we were told to be there an hour early. The nurse took us both back to a recovery room where I signed a few more consents and changed into my lovely hospital gown attire, complete with orange and white striped socks. The nurse started my IV and took me back to the operating room. Kirby went back to the waiting room to wait, and I assume play about 1000 games of Bejeweled on his phone. When I got to the OR the nurse had me lay back as they pumped the meds into me. They had music (Mumford & Sons) playing in the background, which helped to relax me. After the medicine kicked in and I dozed off they began the retrieval. The only thing I remember is feeling sharp, shooting pains in my uterus every couple of minutes. One of the nurses was holding my hand and I would squeeze it when the pain came. After the procedure they walked me to the recovery room to wake up. I briefly remember hearing the nurse tell me that they had retrieved 5 eggs. They wrote it on my hand so that I wouldn't forget,

The nurse brought Kirby back to wait with me.

I had almost no pain when I finally woke up. I think this is because I didn't have very many follicles. Here is Kirby keeping me company. Notice his nervousness...his foot is going a mile a minute. :)

Finally, I changed back into my clothes and the nurse walked me out to my car. The doctor is going to call us tomorrow around lunchtime to tell us how many, if any, eggs fertilized. If everything goes as planned we will have our embryo transfer on Sunday evening!