Day 13 – Egg Retrieval

May 29, 2012 admin IVF Process II, 1

Tuesday, May 29, 2012.

Pete and I left the house about 5:15am to start our drive to San Antonio.  We dropped my car off at Pete’s office because he had to go back to work once we got back to Austin.  I was not and still am not happy about him having to go back to work.  I am going through a lot right now and need some undivided attention, which I am not getting.  When we arrived at RMA we saw they had a decked out car for advertising.  It made us both chuckle because the car was also painted with different colored sperm for marketing purposes.

I was less nervous this time since I knew what to expect.  I did tell the nurse Chris I wanted to be numb first before putting in the IV.  The thought of the IV especially from last time totally freaks me out.  We waited for the anesthesiologist to administer the IV.  When it came time for IV of course I am in tears anticipating him having to try three times like before.  Luckily he got the IV in on the first try.

It took me a little longer to wake up this time because the anesthesiologist gave me more Versed to help me relax since I was so wound up.  Once awake I was so ready to hear the good news of how many eggs were retrieved.  Well, my good news I conjured up on my own turned into bad news.  Only three eggs were retrieved.  I was devastated, was this all for nothing, do I try again, who knows.

We left the office about 30 minutes later and went to a coffee shop to have breakfast.  All I could think about was what a bust this round turned out to be.  As Pete drove us home I was able to sleep a little bit.  We got to Pete’s office and I drove myself the rest of the way home.

All three pups met me at the door along with a scorpion.  Great I thought is that some kind of sign, as I sprayed the crap out of it and put it under a glass.  I got settled in on the couch and cried myself to sleep.  Pete keeps texting me stating three is better than zero.  But honestly what are the chances even all of them make it.  In my opinion none, zilch, nada.  I have lost any positive outlook on the situation I may have had the other day.

I ate dinner so I could take my doxycycline and vicodin.  Maybe the combination will just make me sleep thru the night.  Right now the plans are to go to work tomorrow with vicodin and heating pad in hand.

Doxycycline, Egg Retrieval, IV, IVF

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