Everything went well today at the egg retrieval. :) Nothing to eat or drink after midnight last night, took a shower this morning but no lotions, perfumes, scented creams, etc. because they can apparently harm the fragile eggs.

I had the same anesthesiologist as last time and the same nurse as well, so things progessed quickly ... change into the robe and slippers, sign some forms, get hooked up to the IVs. Then a nice happy mellow feeling came over me and I had a harder time following our conversation. ;) I was told to slide down on the table, and just like last time that was the last thing I remember. I imagine it must be pretty funny -- I am there talking normally and then it's lights out! I woke up and before my eyes were open I was asking how it went and how many eggs they got. The answer was 3! Hey - a bonus egg! They said it wasn't mature but that might happen over night. The other 2 looked good, with one slightly ahead of the other. The 2 mature would be ICSI'd (where they actually take a 'perfect' sperm and inject it into the egg to fertilize it) and the one would be given a chance to mature and fertilize naturally.

After waking up a teeny bit, Mario came in the room and I had some juice and crackers and the nurses gave us instructions on our next steps. Thankfully Mario was in the room because I am not sure I was altogether 'there' yet. ;) We very briefly talked to Dr. Sunshine to confirm we had no questions, and then they wheeled me out to the car to go home. We got some breakfast, my favorite part of this process aside from today's drugs, and I've been relaxing doing not much of anything. It's funny because I feel with it in the moment, but then when I try to remember what I did or what I was talking about, it's kind of like it was a dream I am trying to remember.


My guided meditation CD has a new part to listen to today, tomorrow and Saturday. It's called "Rest and rejuvination, from retrieval to transfer". I'll definitely listen to it tonight!


So our next steps - I am allowed to go back to work but am not supposed to be doing any heavy lifting or things like that. Apparently most women doing IVF don't trim horse feet for a living? :-P Today they gave me my first progesterone shot (in mah butt) while I was knocked out, but tomorrow Mario gets to give me the first at-home shot. This one is different than all the others because it is IM (intra muscular) rather than sub-Q like the belly shots for the stims and trigger. And if I get pregnant we will be doing this shot for something like the first 10 weeks. Yeesh. Starting tomorrow I will also be doing an estrogen patch, which is put on my stomach and changed every other day. I think that continues on for awhile also.. one of the things I forgot during my wooziness I guess.

We will be transfering all of the embies back into me on Sunday. Mini me and Mini you will be defrosted the day of transfer and are included in the group.

The prayer flags that I used for today's blog image were custom made for me by my cousin Rebecca (her shop is Cazmira, on Etsy, and Blogger won't let me link to it right now but I will figure it out!). They were made before my whole illness and losing my tubes over the summer. I almost took them down when I thought that we had reached absolute infertility, and even though it made me sad to see them, it made me more sad to put them away. I had so much hope when they were being made for us, and I couldn't bring myself to do it. I am glad I didn't. I love them, and I love that they were made for us by the caring hands of our beloved family. And since Rebecca has a freaking adorable baby boy, I like to think she worked some fertility and baby mojo into the fabric and artwork as well!

Mario took a silly picture of me today standing like the fertility image with my arms in a circle over over my head. Rebecca worked the vines with little peas in pods into that flag, and also if you look closely there is a little bird. :) You know what color it would be!!

I am adding the pictures below of the table for those that wanted to see what the new light fixture (it's called a 'tiffany island light') looks like, and also the glass and slate tiles on the top of the table. So far we're really happy with it!

Rebecca suggested a small cocktail table and that is totally what we were thinking also. Although the space there is really small so we have to find the right size that would work. Mario wants a small table by the couch so we are thinking maybe we combine them so it can do double duty?







If you look closely, there is one finial on the end of the curtain rod that is shaped like a pineapple. :) (the other one has to be installed, they didn't come with the right hardware)

Ok, time for a couple of tylenol and maybe a nap.
I love you guys, thank you so much for all the support!