ER Day!! -Success!

Today was the big day. I could not eat or drink anything after midnight so I woke up and of course was hungry haha. Had I been allowed to eat I probably wouldn't have wanted to eat!! Chad and I headed off to the clinic around 7:15, with his sample safe, snug, and warm in between my legs. The weird things I have to do for this!!! We were both pretty tired. I will admit I was a little apprehensive but only ONLY because I was worried they would miss the window and I already ovulated. The pain I was in during the middle of the night was extreme so I got all in my head and worried that I was ovulating. 

When I arrived there was another lady all prepped too. She was definitely older than me and didn't seem to have a husband or boyfriend. Just her mom and dad and no mention of any man or even partner. Good for her!! She went in first. It only took about 30 minutes before she was awake (albeit a bit loopy) and back in the pre-op room. The anesthesiologist was out of a sitcom-hilarious. They had me walk into the room and get on this table (a comfy table-no steel table woop!). The stirrups for my legs were reallllly high up-definitely felt like a frog. (I wonder if it was like that for my D&Cs but I had already been under some pretty heavy sedatives by then if I recall.) Dr. Anesthesiologist started to chat to me and I definitely thought the grate in the ceiling was moving. He then told me he had already started to push the meds. I basically do not remember anything else until I woke up!! Apparently I chatted with the doctor but I do not remember it a single bit. 

Once I got back to the room I got to have some squirt and animal crackers - clearly I was fine lol. Chad and the nurse told me that they retrieved 17 eggs!!! Seventeen!!!  Chad said the doc had come to tell him before I was awake. Cool! So that explains why I have been so sore and tired lately. 

I have to say overall it's been a good experience. I have been groggy all day due to the sedatives wearing off and pretty crampy buy nothing I can't handle. I was given a script for some loritabs but I won't need them. I wish I could focus and get some work done but even writing this is exhausting me. 

Next steps:  I wait for a phone call tomorrow to find out how many of the little eggs were fertilized and to receive a time for my embryo transfer on Thursday.  So now...we wait!!