Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Retrieval Day
Today I checked into Dr. Corfman's office at 8:15am for the retrieval of my eggs. I hadn't been nervous for this procedure until I checked in, but the nurses are amazing and put me at ease in no time! They got me all prepped with an IV (it took a few tries to find a vein that wasn't kinked) Sandy (my nurse) walked us through the procedure telling Brian and I exactly what was going to happen. She said that I wouldn't really remember anything since I would be getting medication through an IV, they called it their La La land med! It stood true to its name! :)
Around 9:00 I went in to the surgery room. Brian was not able to come in the room with me but was able to watch it on a T.V. in my recovery room. Dr. Corfman came in the room and he had to sign something, he said..."wow, I can sign things and get it on the line better than when I have my glasses on"... I told him that, that was really reassuring! It was a nice ice breaker to the tension!
They took an ultrasound probe and inserted it so they could see all the follicles. Then they took a needle and extracted the eggs from the follicles. Brian said that the second that the needle went into the follicle that it would disappear off the screen. The eggs immediately went to the lab where they where washed and examined. It took longer to get me prepped than the actual procedure.
Dr. Corfman was able to find and retrieve 7 good eggs. Hooray! This afternoon they will be implanting the sperm into the eggs than watching it over night to see which one's are the strongest. On Friday they will be re implanting two. They call it our transfer day. I will find out on Thursday what time that will be.
As we where walking out I said to Brian..."think about, those are our children...
I am doing good. I am a little tired from the meds(so if this doesn't make since that's why!) I am extremely sore. It's a good reason to stay in bed all day and watch t.v.! Brian has been great.
I wonder how our kids are doing!
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3 comments:
Super cool! this is so exciting! i feel like an auntie already! It was weird, for some reason at 9:30 exactly today I stopped what I was doing and thought about you guys. Maybe thats when something great happened!?!??!
Liz
Talk about front row seats to the creation of your babies; this is amazing!!! What an amazing story you will have for your babies, no matter what, they are definitely very wanted and loved already!
Christy
Well Jill I have known you for 23 yrs. and this is the first time I have read this blog. I can't even pretend to imagine the rollercoaster ride this has been for both of you, except the stories I have heard from others that have had fertility problems. I can't wipe the tears away fast enough. I too have never been more passionate about anything than being a mom, ever since my mom brought Matt home from the hospital 21 yrs. ago. Although I do not have PCOS, I only have one ovary. As you know the other was removed at 21 b/c a canteloupe sized tumor/cyst had enveloped it. So I only have one to work with. I sometimes worry myself into a frenzy about the health of the other ovary. Is it healthy, will I get pregnant, etc. As I read in an article, we are under the impression that becoming a mother is easy: get pregnant, give birth to a healthy baby and all is well. No one told us it isn't a guarantee. So Jill, I know that whatever happens you will be an amazing mom as you have been a friend, daughter, sister, and wife. Any child that has the pleasure of calling you mom will be the luckiest, whoever that child may be. Good luck and God bless!
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