‘We’re sorry Laura, you haven’t got any eggs’ 💭 **ALARM RINGS***
OMG, OMG, OMG! Just a dream, it was just a dream.
NOT the best way to wake up on the day of my egg collection. I had awful dreams about it all night. They seemed sooo real, it was scary. 😔
Warning: This has ended up being a super long post lol.
Me & Jamie got ready to leave, I packed my bag with a few bits I thought I’d need. We set off early as we needed at least 90 minutes travelling time as the school/work traffic in the mornings is a nightmare.
I was starving! I didn’t eat properly the day before as I was worried about it all. So wish I had a massive feast now though. Jamie stopped for a coffee & a muffin at McDonald’s (argh what I’d do for that right now!) he did say he wouldn’t as I couldn’t have anything but I insisted. I knew it was going to be a long morning for him to and he was tired bless him.
On our way I couldn’t help but think about what was going to happen and if it was going to go okay. Bless Jamie, he could tell I had my overthinking face on, he tried so hard to stop me worrying and asked if we should have a sing along to some heart radio! 😂 time was ticking and we hit traffic. Typical.
When we finally made it we went straight in and was greeted by the nurse who was going to be looking after us. She showed us our room and asked for me to take off everything from my waste down and pop on the gown. I was nervous as hell now! Me and Jamie had little talks about our childhood and some memories. Mostly funny ones so it put me in such a good mood for before I went in. A little while after the nurse came back and gave me some tablets ‘cabergoline‘ she said I will need these as they are for people who’s hormone levels are higher than 15,000 picamols or they collect more than 20 eggs. ‘You have 40 odd follicles so you will need these for after‘ That was the first time I had heard how many follicles I have. I thought that was amazing! I’m sure I’ll get loads of eggs from those. Shortly after the embryologist came in for me to sign consent forms and for her to explain what will happen. All good, so I signed the dotted line☺️
Jamie was asked to go do his thing while I stayed in the room and waited. I flicked through a folder of images of how the eggs transform into blastocysts. Quite amazing actually. Jamie was back before I knew it and we had a giggle about what he seen in the room 😂 we ain’t the typical serious-about-every-little-thing-couple we have a joke around sometimes to lift the mood. The nurse came back to take me through, I said a quick bye then went in.
I walked in to the most intimidating room ever. There was machines all around and a bed. I got on and the anesthetist came in and done my cannula ‘OUCH!‘ I had a few questions to ask main one being ‘has anyone ever woken up half way through?’ The reply was ‘yes’ WHATTT? ‘But it’s okay, we just top up the sedation’ oh lord. Okay.
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I woke up in a different room than before. I seen a lady filling out some forms and she came over and asked if I was okay. I don’t remember even answering I think I just asked ‘how many eggs did I have?’ She replied ‘a really impressive 14′ I had 40 follicles and only got 14? I was disappointed. I know I shouldn’t have been but I expected much more. I was then wheeled back into our room and Jamie was there waiting. He said I was gone for 40 minutes or so. We got tea & biscuits! Yayy, I was starving haha. The embryologist came back in and said again that they collected 14 eggs and we will see over the next few days if it will be a 3 or 5 day transfer. She also explained the pills & pessaries. Wasn’t long and we was back home. I was in a lot of pain and felt sleepy and just all round rubbish. Jamie was amazing, my own special superman. Done everything and cooked a lovely dinner for us both, I felt so bad though as I couldnt even eat it! We spent most the day snuggling on the sofa watching Netflix.
Now the waiting game to see how the egg & sperm get along ☺️
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