My ER was this morning and it went well!!! At my last scan before ER, I had 37 follicles, but today at ER they were able to retrieve 49 eggs!!! I cannot believe it!!! No wonder I have been feeling full, bloated, achey, and just plain miserable the past 2 days! I am not even sure how it is physically possible to have 49 eggs, but I guess it is!!!
I'm cautiously optimistic! I realize that sometimes a greater quantity does not necessarily equal high quality. When the RE brought up the issue of freezing some eggs I told her "no", that I wanted all of my eggs fertilized. I just feel like my eggs have a LOT to go through and I want the highest odds that we will get some healthy XXs at the end. They have to survive fertilization, survive 5 days of in vitro growth to reach blastocyst stage, and then be tested normal on all levels by CGH. Honestly, I would feel blessed to have at least 2 healthy XXs after all of that. So we shall see how everything goes.
I am trying to take it easy today. I realize that this many eggs puts me at high risk of OHSS. I am trying to rest, stay off my feet, drink gatorade, eat salty foods, drink protein shakes, and my RE also put me on Dostinex which I started Saturday evening. I am just praying that I stay nausea-free. So far so good, but I know that I might still have some of the IV meds running through my body.
Keeping everything crossed for some healthy XX embryos out of the "litter"! lol
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