News.........

I am going to make this short and sweet. Yesterday, I had my egg retrieval and it was very successful. The only negative was that my body did not react well to the drugs to help ease the pain, so they were not able to give me what they normal would.  As soon as they tried to give me more my oxygen levels would dip low. I had the wonderful experience of feeling a LOT more than I would have liked.  Ha! I pretty much was out of commission the rest of the day.  I remember trying to text a girlfriend of mine and she said it was mumble jumble and I vaguely remember talking to my mother-in-law, but I couldn’t tell you a word we said to each other. 

After we got home, I retreated to my bed for the rest of the day/night. Chad woke me up to take my medicine and to help me go to the bathroom.  I woke up this morning around 4 a.m. wide awake……..I wonder why!!!! 

This morning we received a phone call from our fertility doctor and the embryologist. As soon as the phone rang my heart started pounding, because I wasn’t sure what type of news I would hear.  We were so excited to hear that all of the eggs that they retrieved were healthy and fertilized, except for one.  That is AWESOME!!!!!!  After we hung the phone up Chad and I just held each other tight and cried. All the shots, medicine, trips to Grand Rapids, surgery, spreading of the legs were all worth it.  The doctors were able to get what they needed. 

Tomorrow morning we will go back and they will do the embryo transfers. What does that mean?? That does not mean we are pregnant tomorrow.  All they are doing is putting fertilized embryos into my uterus. There are still a lot of things those little embryos have to do on their own in the next two weeks.  Please continue to keep us in your prayers.  We have definitely been feeling all the prayers, love, and support. 

I leave you with this funny comic that was sent to us by a friend.