Today is a big day, my egg retrieval day! It's currently 5:45am and I'm already awake. I slept better than I thought I would, made it until 5:30am then I was awake and no going back to sleep. I'm excited, but very nervous. Everything runs through my head - nervous about being put under anesthesia, worried I might have already ovulated in which case they will have to cancel the procedure, worried I'll be in a lot of pain, etc. I think a big weight will be lifted off of my shoulders once I'm home and this is done.
Yesterday we met with the geneticist. Since we now have to freeze the eggs for 8 weeks, we thought that it might be worth doing the genetic testing (CCS) on the embryos to make sure they're healthy. We originally weren't going to do that because it requires a 4 week turn around time, so you are forced to freeze the eggs, and obviously our goal was for a fresh transfer. We got a meeting at 2:30 yesterday to find out our options. It sure sounds great. She said "typical" for us would be 20 eggs retrieved, 12 fertilized, 8 make it to blast (day 5) and of those 8 probably 6 will be healthy, 2 would be genetically incorrect. That's scary to think of having two embryos that we could implant and possibly miscarry or have down syndrome, or some other genetic disorder. However, she said women 10 years older than me would be lucky to have one good embryo, so that helps put things in perspective a little bit. I was on the fence about it until she said price - an extra $4500 - yikes. When you're already paying the price of a new BMW for this procedure, an extra $5K really stings. We decided to pass, and prayers for healthy embryos!
I was really nauseous all day yesterday. Threw up first thing in the morning, then again at 9am at work. I ended up leaving work at 10am because I kept thinking I was going to throw up and having to run way down the hall to the bathroom (could be cubicle be any further away from the bathroom!) was not going well. A few times I didn't think I'd make it. Plus it's embarrassing if anyone would come in and hear your throwing up. So I headed home and camped out in bed the rest of the day (aside from our appointment with the geneticist). Still this morning not feeling 100%, but so far no throwing up today, and just hoping I stay healthy so the retrieval goes smoother.
The anesthesiologist called last night to check in with me about surgery today. Turns out Brian knows him from PACU, so hopefully that will be good for me today and I'll get some good care.
Here goes nothing...
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