Fert Report

Of the 11 eggs retrieved, 5 were mature and 4 fertilized. We have 4 babies on ice!!

Back from ER

They got 11 eggs, 11!!!
I am so happy with that.
The embryologist will call tomorrow morning with the fert report and let me know how many are going to be frozen.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for your thoughts and prayers.

ER is Tomorrow AM

I am so freaking nervous. I am worried that I am going to ovulate on my own before I get there to get the eggs taken. Oh, I know they've been doing this for years and know what they're doing but I've never been in this place before and don't know if I'll have the chance to ever be here before. I pray for great eggs and strong embies that make it to freeze. They only have to make it 18 hours before they're frozen, just 18 hours.

Andrea gave me a great idea today, since I did my trigger last night, I POAS and got my BFP...ha ha, that will be the only + pregnancy test I'll see for awhile. It was pretty fun though I have to admit even if I knew it wasn't true.

I'll update tomorrow afternoon with how many eggs we get. Until tomorrow....

All Systems GO

I had my u/s today and everything looks awesome! I have 8 follies that are now over 18 and two of those are over 20! RE thinks we should get 8-9 eggs! I am all set to trigger tonight for a 6am retrieval Thursday!

Growing, Growing, Growing

I am so pleased to announce that my follies continue to amaze me at their growth over the last 2 days. All my follies are now over 12, most over 14, and those babies on the left are over 18!! WOOHOO! I filled out all the consent forms today for a Thursday ER. I had to rearrange some other appointments but that's OK, I'm making it work. DH will be at a football camp so I'm driving an hour tomorrow to meet him and have him give me the HCG shot and will get to have dinner with my friend who's 39 weeks pregnant too.

I have an u/s scheduled for tomorrow morning to get a final check on the little beauties growing in my abdomen. He said after the retrieval on Thursday they would fertilize all they could and then freeze them Friday morning. I have a much better chance of more making it to freeze by freezing after 18 hours than if we did it after 3 or 5 days if this was a fresh transfer.

My old RE who said I would never be able to use my own eggs can SUCK IT! Just goes to show that you should never give up and you have to be your own advocate. I'll update with my E2 from today when the nurse calls.

Update: E2 is 911!!

Monitoring Appt. #2

Let me start off by saying my stomach was a wreck last night and this morning before my appointment.

We got to the RE's office and my own RE saw me and did my u/s which is nice because I haven't seen him since I started this cycle. I told him that my cyst was bothering me and he said he'd make sure and drain it when they did the ER. WHEN, not IF! So the 10 follies are doing their thing, some still slow but they are growing and that's all I can ask for. I have two follies on the left that are over 14 so tonight I am starting to inject Ganirelex to make sure I don't ovulate on my own. I am also upping my meds to 300 IU of Gonal F since Ganirelex is a suppression drug. I have several follies on the right that are now over 10, so that's good but they are just over 12 so we want them to grow a bit more. I think I have 2-3 that are still at 7 or 8 but that's OK.

I have another monitoring appointment on Monday at 11:15 am and that night we'll probably do the trigger shot. He said I would have an ER Wednesday or Thursday!! He's going to go ahead and retrieve whatever I have since I'm starting the chemo next week. An EGG RETRIEVAL, did you hear that everyone?? HOLY MOLY!

I'll update with my E2 when I know it.

GROW FOLLIES, GROW!

EDIT: E2 is 560!!!!

All or Nothing

I am so nervous about tomorrow morning's appointment. This one really is make or break. If we don't have growing follies, we're done. I hate to be so what seems like negative, but I have to get on with chemo and getting this cancer gone.

If you have any extra prayers, please say them for me that we get some follies and get to do an ER early next week.

Thanks!