Gumball Retrieval

First I wanted to apologize to everyone who has been patiently been waiting for a post from me since I had the gumball machine emptied. I really haven't been feeling all that well the last several days so I haven't been turning on the computer (I'll get to that later). Anyway, for the most part things went rather well on Wednesday. They were able to extract 15 follicles from my ovaries...I was honestly thinking they would have gotten more but we were very happy with 15. I was knocked out for the procedure so I didn't feel anything, but damn did I feel like crap when I woke up. That was certainly some of the worst cramping I have ever felt in my life...to the point where I couldn't sit down. Eventually the cramping subsided and I felt much better. Jim and I went to eat after we left the office and then we went straight home and I spent the rest of the evening on the couch.

On Thursday I started doing my heparin shots again and I also started taking an antibiotic to combat against any possible infection from the retrieval process. The antibiotic I'm taking is tetracycline, which I would swear I've taken before without any problems. This time however the tetracycline is kicking my ass! I've had the worst stomach pain that I narrowed down to the antibiotic so I was forced to stop taking it. To give you an idea as to how bad the pain is...it's difficult to stand up straight and I've been comparing the pain to the same pain I had when my appendix was removed. So, I was able to get a hold of a nurse this morning and they prescribed a different antibiotic for me. I stopped taking the tetracycline yesterday afternoon and I didn't get relief from the stomach pain until early this morning.

Okay, I'm sure most of you wondering what the next step is for Jim and I. I was instructed to call the office yesterday to find out how many of those 15 follicles had fertilized and was told that only 4 had fertilized. Both Jim and I were very disappointed and honestly a little depressed that more didn't fertilize. I do not have any answers at this point as to why only 4 had fertilized, since I just spoke with a nurse. I'll ask several questions the next time I'm in the office to see if the embryologist has any answers for us. In the meantime Jim and I are just praying that those 4 lonely follicles survive to transfer and beyond.

Transfer is scheduled for tomorrow morning. From there I'll be on bed rest for the next few days and then the only thing Jim and I can do is wait. We'll have to wait two weeks before we know if I'm pregnant or not. Also, I don't know how many follicles we'll be transferring back in tomorrow. I was really wanting to transfer 2 follicles back but since things have changed we will not know until tomorrow.

With that said, I'm not sure when I will have the opportunity to post again. Please bare with me as it may be a few days before I can get to my computer. As usual here's a list of my meds...notice it's much shorter now.

AM:
Heparin (25 IU)

Noon:
Prenatal Vitamin
Baby Aspirin
Antibiotic

PM:
Heparin (25 IU)
Antibiotic
Progesterone (1 CC)