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Egg Retrieval

I can't tell if I gained 10lbs of straight fat overnight last night or if it was because of my trigger shot.  It feels like fat, but I know who's at fault here.  It's a weird feeling when you volunteer yourself to become a science fair project, shoot up a bunch of drugs, and feel them working in your insides.  Having volunteered for this IVF business many times now makes me wonder a little why it was always so hard for me to come up with good science fair ideas in elementary and middle school.  Even my "demonstration" speech was a terrible idea -- I demo'd how to iron a t-shirt in 5th grade.  Like, seriously?  How I ended up with any friends, I have no idea.

Anyways, it's past midnight now and I'm officially not allowed to eat or drink anything.  I have to be at the office at 7:30am for an 8:30am retrieval.  Honestly, I kinda can't wait for the anesthesia nap because I haven't slept well at all lately!  I hope Dr. Jarrett gets some good quality eggs tomorrow and Kellen can give some good quality swimmers to make us some good quality babies.  Please keep us in your prayers -- and Dr. Jarrett and the embryologist who will be taking care of our babies for the next 5 days!

Also, Kellen and I have good friends doing a cycle with Dr. Jarrett right now, right along with us.  She had her retrieval today and they got two eggs.  That's a fairly low number -- even though we all try to stay optimistic knowing that it only takes one.  Please pray for them -- that they'd get a call from the embryologist tomorrow with a good fertilization report!

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