14 Eggs!!!!

Today went very well, way better than expected. It was pretty painless; the last thing I remember was the nurse telling me I should be feeling sleepy soon, and the next thing I knew I was in the recovery room. Other than some soreness I am doing pretty good. My doctor was able to retrieve fourteen eggs! I was so excited and happy with that number, considering that on Tuesday my nurse only saw three mature follies and acted like I would be lucky to get five from the egg retrieval.

The doctor said that I must have had several eggs that were hiding that they couldn't see from my ultrasounds. Well, my thoughts on that are a little different. My estradiol level never got up in the thousands where they wanted it so I am having to take some extra medicine to keep my blood levels up and make my body think that its pregnant. If I would have had more eggs that were hiding why wouldn't my estradiol level been higher? I believe with all my heart that this was all God's doing, he provided another miracle for us through this and allowed me to have more eggs for this procedure. He is amazing!!

We are very excited but unfortunately this is far from over for us. They will call me tomorrow and let me know how my eggs look and how many are fertilizing etc. I have to go back on Wednesday and they will put the best two back in me. I am taking it easy this weekend and preparing myself for Wednesday, I am so excited. Brad and maybe my mom will both get to be in the room with me to see them attach the embryos so they will get to witness the conception of our precious baby! :)

I am back to taking my shots and pills tonight. The good thing is I only have two shots from now on and one of them is a booster shot that I only have to take three nights so most nights it will only be one. The bad thing is the needle is an inch and a half long and it is the most painful one I have.

Thanks for all your support and prayers it has definitely paid off for stage one of this procedure!