THE TOP TEN

Hang on this is kind of confusing. We started out with 23 eggs from retrieval. We had 16 of our original eggs (23) that were mature (usable). My RE used two different methods to fertilize the 16 eggs. One method was they took 14 eggs and fertilized them using a method called ICSI (pronounced ICK-SEE, which is manually injecting a single sperm into an egg therefore making them fertilize). The other two eggs they basically just unleashed in the petri dish with my dear hubby’s sperm to see if they would fertilize on their own (this is what I like to call the wet and wild group). The ICSI method produced 9 (out of 14) fertilized eggs and the wet and wild group produced 1 (out of 2), Karlis is so proud! So we have a total of 10 eggs that fertilized. YAY! Now, yet another wait begins. More than likely not all of these 10 eggs will make it to the blastocyst stage which is the most desirable stage for transfer. But if they do not make it to the blastocyst stage they can still do a transfer once they reach a certain cell size, so we are praying for cell growth. For those of you that do not already know we have chosen to put the three strongest ones back inside me. Hopefully we will have some extras (beyond the 3 we use) out of the 10 that will be mature enough to freeze for later use (if necessary). Whew, that took forever to get out.
Since we had a large number fertilize we will be doing a 5 day transfer (5 days from the day they retrieved them) back into me and it is scheduled for Monday morning at 8:45; then five days of bed rest. Wow at the 5’s!!! Is that some kind of sign? :)
So today I am just resting up to go into work for a few hours tomorrow. Since I am a permanent fixture on our couch Karlis asked if he needed to load me and the couch onto the trailer and drive the both of us (me and the couch) to work, un-hook the trailer and its contents (ME! and yep my couch) and leave. I could see me riding down the road at 55 mph on a couch, maybe I will take him up on it. Then he asked the next dreaded question….what are you going to wear? PANIC! I have a cute pair of fall motif pajamas that I am eyeing for the occasion. …so sorry co-workers.
In preparation for my body to think it is pregnant we have started a whole new regiment of medications and shots:
Medrol: pills 2 times a day WITH FOOD!
Tetracycline: pills 4 times a day, SERIOUSLY 4 TIMES A DAY WITH FOOD, that is A LOT of eating?!?
Vaginal Progesterone Suppositories: 3 times a day (ICKY!! and what a fun thing to do at work)
IntraMuscular hip shot: progesterone in oil at 7:00pm (this stuff is like syrup liquid heat, probably the worst pain I have felt in my life)
IntraMuscular hip shot: delestrogen at 7:00pm (ditto on this stuff)
So basically all day I am doing one of a few things; eating, taking pills, getting a shot or sticking something in my special place. Envious aren’t ya?
Lastly, the tv channel TLC really needs to re-think how many times a day they show a Baby Story or Bringing Home Baby. It is enough to send infertile women all over the world over the edge. Enough already! How about a new TLC show “An In-Vitro Story: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” or “Bringing Home a New Puppy” anybody can do that. I like it.