IVF#4 - Egg Retrieval

We got 20 eggs!!!! I'm curious, who's my 3 poll winners?

For those interested in the details...

We showed up for ER and after a short wait, they brought me back and got me prepped with an IV and hooked up to the monitor. They then brought Kerry in. We waited and waited for Dr. G to come in. My anxiety level was going up because I was afraid I was going to ovulate before ER started. It's funny that after 4 IVFs that I still get that fear. The nurse came in at one point and told me I was fine, that there was 40 mins before I'd ovulate. What??? That was cutting it a little too close for me.

My heart beat was all over the place and was sounding like a beat machine. Kerry tried really hard to help with my anxiety level. He was locking and popping to my heart beat and rapping "baby, your heart beat makes wanna dance". How can you not laugh at that?


Dr. G finally shows up about 40 mins late and I said to him "Dr. G, you're making me nervous!". He was all smiles and calmed me down. I asked a couple of questions that had been on my mind over the cycle. I asked him if Ganirelix causes your E2 to drop and he said it definitely does, so that explains how we kept my E2 from soaring this cycle. I could physically feel the difference having my E2 stay lower, no bloating or achy ovaries this time. I asked him about my progesterone being 7 after trigger, and doesn't that mean that ovulation has occurred? He said that when the LH starts to mature the eggs, the eggs start producing P4 and that if they didn't see our P4 go up they would be really concerned. My last question was, how many eggs do you think we'll get? He smiled and said, all of them! Good answer!

They sent Kerry off to do his thing and wheeled me into the operating room, put my legs in big fancy stirrups and out I went. Apparently right before I went night-night, they had bumped into a wall on the way into the operating room and I said "don't make me backseat drive now". Next thing I knew, I was waking up in recovery. As soon as I woke up, Dr. G stopped by to tell me that they got 20 eggs. They then brought Kerry back and here's how I told him:


If I look like a big marshmallow it's because they have a large plastic blanket under the regular blanket with hot air pumping through it. Very nice!

The embryologist stopped by to give us the details they had so far and to see if we had any questions. She was not the one that saw my eggs, so she didn't have any info on them. She did process Kerry's sample so we got the details on it.

Here's his SA for the fresh sample:

Volume: 3.6 ml
Concentration: 30 mil/ml
Total Count: 108 mil
Motility %: 9%
Motility Rate: 2 (with 3 being best)
Total Motile: 9.72 mil
Extremely viscous

After processing; 17% motility with a rating of 3.

She asked us if we wanted to genetically test the embryo we have frozen from last cycle. I told her that we would make that decision after seeing what we get from this cycle.

After eating some crackers and drinking a Sprite, they wheeled me out and we were on our way. I crashed at the hotel and then we packed and headed for the airport. I do have to say, even though I handle anethesia very well, I do not recommend traveling the same day as surgery! The pain was way worse being up and moving around vs. being on bedrest.

CCRM was WONDERFUL! Top notch care! Now I wait anxiously for the fert report! Thanks everyone for all your support!