Thursday, July 18, 2013

A few things to remember:

-       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!”

-       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.

-       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.

-       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!


-       Oh man! Tomorrow we’re making some embryos! I hope this works.

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