A few things to remember:
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One night as Jacob and I were laying in bed
together, we discussed when I would be due if I get pregnant this cycle. I told
him that I would be considered two weeks pregnant from the time of the egg
retrieval. He said something to the effect of, “Hooray! Two free weeks!”
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Tomorrow is the egg retrieval. That means last
night I received my first bum shot – the hCG to trigger ovulation and bring the
eggs to maturity. It wasn’t as terrible as I was expecting, but I was very
nervous right beforehand, especially looking at that needle! I had read that
it’s best to walk up and down stairs before and after to keep the bloodflow
moving and spread the medication. So after Jacob gave me the shot, I walked up
and down our outside stairs two or three times. I would’ve repeated the action
but then I saw movement in our downstair neighbors’ apartment and I didn’t want
them getting suspicious or asking questions. My bum is still pretty sore today,
despite the exercise and a warm compress.
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We had to administer the trigger shot at a very
specific time, because the retrieval takes place 36 hours after the trigger
shot. When I discovered the shot would take place at 9:15 at night and that
Jacob would be at work because he signed up for overtime, I may have flipped out
a little. Tears. Everywhere. And a little bit of anger at Jacob, because how
dare he sign up for overtime a month ago! I texted Heather in a panic because I
was afraid to ask any of my neighbors to give me the shot – there is no way to
request that of someone without being horribly awkward or mortifying! Heather
said she would be willing to help me out if I came down to her, which was very
nice. It still wasn’t the best option, however. But Jacob smoothed things over
when he called his sergeant and received permission to go into work late that
day, so he was able to give me the shot after all.
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I had ultrasounds scheduled every day Monday
through Wednesday of this week, in addition to ultrasounds last Thursday and
Saturday. Five ultrasounds in a week! I received printouts of how many
follicles of each size at almost every ultrasound, so I could see how they were
developing. Today I put all of the information into a spreadsheet so I could
attempt to predict how many eggs the doctor will retrieve tomorrow. Later, I
made a little wager with Jacob to see who can predict the closest number to the
actual number of eggs retrieved. Based on my spreadsheet, I guessed 15. Jacob
was optimistic and guessed 18. Loser has to scoop the winner a bowl of ice
cream!
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Oh man! Tomorrow we’re making some embryos! I
hope this works.
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