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Egg Retrieval

It's after 5pm and I have spent all but about 5 minutes on the couch today resting and sleeping from our egg retrieval (ER) this morning.  We arrived at the doctors office at 7am.  They prepped me for the procedure, gave me my IV, and went over instructions as to what medications I will be taking once the retrieve my eggs.  The procedure began at 7:30pm and lasted about 20-30 minutes.  When they rolled me back to room I was pretty out of it although it didn't take long for the pain to kick in.  This being my 3rd egg retrieval, it was by far the most painful.  Dr. Donahue was able to give me some pain medication that kicked in fairly quickly.  I've also been taking demorol throughout the day today to ease the cramping.

The doctor was able to retrieve 11 eggs.  The embryologist will be calling me tomorrow to let us know how many eggs were fertilized and when we will be coming back in for our transfer.  I will update when I know more!

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  1. UnknownDecember 6, 2012 at 9:35 AM

    Glad to hear your retrieval went well! Hope you hear good things from the embryologist today!

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    1. JenniferDecember 6, 2012 at 5:45 PM

      Thanks! I've been following your blog for updates and we've been thinking about you guys a lot! We have 6 embryos today! Yay!

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