How it works is, they have the ultrasound wand to find where the follicles with the eggs are. Then they have a small needle with a suction cup on the end that goes through the vaginal wall and up to the ovaries. It slurps up the eggs, and they give them to the embryologists. I'm pretty sure that's how it goes. A lot of the explanations I've seen don't really make sense, but that's how it was explained to me!
After I was supplied with Goldfish crackers (that I don't remember) and ginger ale, and was a little more coherent, someone came in to tell me how many eggs they had retrieved.
The rest of the time at the clinic was pretty calm. They told me to take it easy today, take some pain pills if I needed it, and sleep. So I got dressed, was a little woozy, and again, COLD, and made our way home.
This was in the elevator on the way down. I look so drugged still!!
Myke was a sweet boy and ordered Panera Bread mac and cheese for us to have when we got home. I managed to eat almost all of it, and we both fell asleep watching a D&D stream. Myke eventually woke up and went downstairs, but I stayed asleep practically all day! I feel like I maybe was awake only two hours? It was pretty rad.
Here's a fun side effect tho- it hurt SO BAD to pee! It makes sense, really, because your whole lady section has been poked and stabbed and prodded, so it's all a bit tender. I found that leaning forward slightly and pressing a big towel on my bottom ribs helped a bit.
But yeah, that's how my egg retrieval went! I didn't have a lot of pain, I think I only took two pain pills and those were at night after a day of walking around.
We'll hear on Thursday about how the embryos are doing- I hope they are all healthy!
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