My retrieval is set for Friday! I'm ready to get these eggies out of me! I went in this morning for my ultrasound and blood work. I still had 23 follicles, size 17-20. The place was pretty quiet this morning and yet I still waited 15 minutes to be seen by the ultrasound tech and then another 15 minutes to talk to my nurse. By the time I got my blood work done it had been 45 minutes and I was supposed to be at work. I left there frazzled it had taken so long and the street I take to the highway was closed for construction. So I had to wind back and go the long way to work, all the side streets. I ended up being over 20 minutes late. Thankfully no one seemed to notice, but I was pretty stressed already at that point. My nurse told me they had noticed some fluid in my lining today so she was expecting to most likely do the freeze all. I was expecting that news but hoping for the best.
My new boss took me and my team out to lunch to celebrate me being on the team. We went to Tavern and so that was a good distraction for the day. About 3pm Annie called and told me I was cleared for retrieval on Friday, but not only had my progesterone risen from 1.4 to 1.7, but my E2 had spiked showing that I had OHSS (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) so I was a definite freeze all. She said anytime you have more than 20 follicles there's a high priority you'll get OHSS, so she wasn't surprised. I asked her if I could do the FET the following month and she said it's an 8 week process, so it will be 8 weeks until my FET. For some reason that additional month just really put me over the edge. I tried to call B a few times but he didn't answer (he was mowing the lawn), so I called my mom from our training room at work and started crying. I know in my heart of hearts this is for the best, but the thought of waiting two more months for the possibility of getting pregnant was just so depressing. Brian finally called back and tried to calm me down too. Sometimes it's hard for me because I think all he cares about is the number of embryos, not about the anguish I'm going through. He doesn't seem fazed by waiting 8 more weeks. I guess this isn't his body that's been going through hell the past month with hormone shots every day, blood thinners, pills and steroids.
Tomorrow more blood work before work, then we're meeting with a genetics counselor at 2:30 to discuss doing CCS (genetic testing) on the embryos since have to freeze them anyway (when you choose CCS it's mandatory to freeze them to be tested). The nurse said she didn't think we'd been good candidates because we're so young so the chance of poor embryos is a lot lower, but for peace of mind it may be worth it.
For now, I believe off to bed!
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