I'm happy to announce that I was a good little chicken today, and was able to lay 9 eggs!!! Seriously, the appointment today couldn't have gone better. Thank you, Lord!
We arrived at 8:30, and were taken back to the hospital-like section of our clinic. Our wonderful cycle coordinator walked us through the process, laughed, joked, and generally made us feel comfortable. The anesthesiologyst from the hospital came over and got me set up with an IV, and then we were off to the OR. They got me up on the table, spread-eagled me out, and gave me the happy juice. The next thing I knew was Surfer holding my hand in recovery.
As I recovered, the lab checked the fluid for eggs, and happily reported that there were nine beatiful eggs - and that, thankfully, Embro recommended attempting to fertilze all conventionally. He didn't think we needed ICSI, even though at that point it was his call as we were deferring to his expertise.
Surfer gave me my first progesterone-in-oil injection with our Coordinator standing by, and he did a fantastic job!
We were comforted and blessed by Surfer's mom bringing us a wonderful basket of treats and some dinner! She is such a gem; super busy this week and yet taking time to care for us. As soon as she left, another knock on the door and it was my folks, with another dinner! They stayed and chatted for about a half hour - what a wonderful surprise! Wow - we are SO loved and blessed, and we love our parents so much. I felt cozy at heart today.
Embro will prep the eggs and introduce them to the spermies today; hopefully they'll all "do their thing" and fertilize normally. They will call us tomorrow with a fertilization update.
We are thankful to know that truly, at this point going forward, things our out of our hands and completely in the Lord's. Thank you, all, for your continued prayers - they matter more than you know.
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