Appointment 6/14- We went in like normal had an intrauterine ultrasound and they drew my blood, then I went back to my mom's house to wait for our call with the update. We got a phone call from Amberlie around 4 saying that we were really close and that Dr. Conway would like us to come back in tomorrow 6/15 for another ultrasound and blood draw.
Wednesday 6/15- We did the shots a little early as my appointment was double booked and we had to be there by 8 am (which is when I would do the injections). Same routine as the day before ultrasound then the blood draw and back to my parents to wait. In the meantime Justin and I went to the Temple with my mom, it was so great to go back to the temple we were married in. We got a call from Amberlie again around 4 saying we ready to start the trigger shot and that we would be doing our egg retrieval on Friday 6/17. Yay! We were given very specific instructions to follow in order to have the retrieval done so I took note as instructed. I was told to give myself the trigger shot at 9 pm sharp on tonight and that that would be my last shot unless instructed otherwise. Double yay!!! She told me to refill my Zpack and that I would start that after the retrieval. We were to check in on Friday at 8:30 and that my procedure would be at 9 am. So we were on our way finally!
Love this man of mine!
After that me, my mom, Emily and Carla went to get pedicures while the boys hung out. Afterwards we got pizza and played some games. Justin mixed the shot that night at 8:50 as I didn't want to be late injecting it and Carla (my sister in law) was so intrigued she asked if she could watch, so of course I let her. :)
Our cute summer toes!
I forgot to get a picture of the actual shot so here is the box. ;)
Thursday 6/16- Was a relaxing stress free day, first off I got to sleep in (which for me meant I got up at 8 am instead of 7:30). But I'll take it as sleeping in because I didn't have to do any shots!! :) Justin took some medication he was instructed to begin this morning and we went about our day doing whatever we wanted. Around 11 am the anesthesiologist called to go over my medical history with me and reminded me that I could not have anything to eat or drink after Midnight. I was so anxious for it to be Friday already and to be honest I can't really remember what we did Thursday.
Friday 6/17- Its Egg Retrieval Day! I woke up around 7:30 and went in and brushed my teeth, I was told I could brush my teeth but that I couldn't have swallow any water, after that I changed into some comfortable leggings and a T-shirt. I didn't have to do much to get ready as I was not allowed to wear makeup, lotion, perfume etc. I woke Justin up after 8 and we headed to the clinic to check in at 8:20. Okay can I just tell you that we waited for what seemed like forever! I was so anxious and also nervous as I had only been under anesthesia once but I was a baby so I didn't remember anything about the experience. Justin was called back before I was to get his sample and then I was taken back to our room, I was instructed to undress and put on a gown and that the anesthesiologist would be in to put the IV in. Now I forgot to mention Amberlie told me that Justin would be allowed in the room with me until the procedure started but he never came in. :( So I was even more nervous but Russel (the anesthesiologist was really nice and I didn't really feel the IV go in. All I remember was he told me okay Dr. Conway will be in in a minute, she'll have a conversation with you, you won't remember it and then you'll wake up and we'll be all done. Yep that's just what happened, I heard Dr. Conway say how do you feel? I said tired and the next thing I know I am being told that we're all done and to get up and they escorted me down the hall to recovery.
Justin took a video but apparently its not that funny so we'll just do the picture instead.
Okay so you remember how I said I don't know how I am on anesthesia? Well I guess I am a cryer even on drugs haha! I kept crying and asking for Justin, when he came in I said "where were you!?" He informed me he was in the waiting room and that everything went well. Then I said "is this still in me?" (the IV) He told me yes but they would come remove it soon. The nurse came in and saw me crying and asked what was wrong haha Justin just told her it must be my reaction to the drugs and she chuckled. :) She let us know that Dr. Conway would be in soon and that we would know more on how many eggs we retrieved. She came in maybe 2 minutes after that and informed us we got 15 eggs and that they would start fertilizing them. She told me we would get a phone call on Saturday and Monday to let us know how they were doing. After that the nurse came back in and gave us some instructions and told us we could head home whenever we felt ready. I was tired off and on for the rest of the day but I only napped once.
That night we celebrated Father's Day early for my dad since he was going to a scout camp with my brother Brady all next week. We had a homemade stir fry and angel food cake dessert it was yummy!
Sorry that was a very long update, its what I get for waiting so long to post, but stay tuned I have more to write. :)
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