Struggles with Infertility

Being a parent is not something that everyone has as a goal in life. But once you decide that you want to be a parent, and you are unable to, your life can either unravel, or you can try to find meaning in your struggles. This blog is me trying to find meaning.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

IVF #2 - Retrieval Day

This'll be a fairly short update as there isn't a bunch to go over, and I'm still a bit loopy from the drugs and napping all day.


We arrived at the clinic at 7:30 this morning and were immediately shown to a room where we both changed in to more appropriate clothing - Derek in scrubs, me in a cotton nightgown. I climbed in to the bed and put the warm heating pad over my belly. Our nurse came in to go over a few things and provided me with Tylenol and Celebrex to keep my pain down all day, gravol for nausea, and Ativan to make sure I was relaxed going in. We waited for about 45 minutes for it all to take effect and during that time had a few visits from Dr. Hudson and the embryologist to go over the game plan. By 8:20, after emptying my bladder, we were lead to the retrieval room.


The nurse gave me a tiny bit of freezing in my wrist prior to inserting the IV. As the embryologist and Dr. H were getting prepped, she started loading me up with fentanyl and propofol. At this point things get really hazy and I don't remember much. I know Derek was in the room with us, and I did feel some minor pain. Dr. H had the nurse top me up with pain medication twice during the 10 minute procedure. Once done, I was carefully walked back to my recovery room for a nap. This is the point where Derek went and did his part, which I have no recollection of at all because I was still pretty drugged up.


We stayed in the recovery room for about an hour (according to Derek) where I napped on and off. I was finally able to wake up enough to get dressed and be escorted to the car. We stopped for a quick breakfast (no food prior to the procedure) and came back to the rental so I could nap some more - I was incredibly tired and still am 10 hours later! I crawled on to the couch and slept for about 2.5 or 3 hours, and laid around the rest of the afternoon.


In the end, we have ten eggs, seven of them mature. The embryologist is going to allow the three immature eggs develop overnight to see what happens. The seven mature eggs will have been ICSI'ed earlier this afternoon while the other three, if they mature, will be fertilized using natural IVF. We should get an update call from the embryologist some time tomorrow morning with how many survived the night.


The next five days are going to be very difficult - during our last IVF we started with 14 mature and ended with two that were transferred on day 3, two that made it to day five. My hope is that we have two or three for PGS testing, and at least one is normal. The wait continues....

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