Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Back from egg retreival

So, I'm back. I've gotten lots of messages and such from people checking in, etc. Thanks so much to those who have taken the time to call - it means a lot, even if I can't really talk right now.

Physically, I feel fine. The retrieval was really no big deal. The waiting in the morning, until I got the IV, with no food/water was the worst part. I took a percocet on the way home, and everything is nice and chilled out . . .

I'm struggling to stay positive about the count. They were able to retrieve 5 eggs. I feel incredibly disappointed about that. I know it sounds like a good number, but the attrition rate in the lab is high, and right now, we'll be lucky to have a couple to make it to a day 3 transfer. My hopes of making it to a day 5 blastocyst transfer are more or less squashed. So, I guess you could say I'm pretty crushed about that.

I don't think I'd be so devastated if I knew that our insurance is now officially maxed with this one IVF attempt. I don't know how we will move forward if this is unsuccessful, but I can't really let myself think about that right now.

Tomorrow I'll get the fertility report, which means we'll learn how many fertilized and how well they are dividing, etc. So I guess I'll post then.

Thanks for checking in,

-kelly

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