What a week!

Before I get to the exciting bits, I'll back up and recap the craziness of this week.

Monday: Sono and bloodwork plus finding out the doc doesn't want us to transfer this cycle and that we have another 6 weeks or so before we can. Plus- last night of stimming shots (yay for belly bruises going away!).

Tuesday: Last sono and bloodwork. Egg retrieval scheduled and Lupron trigger shot #1. Unfortunately, I had a horrible side effect with the Lupron. It made me incredibly dizzy to the point where I felt like I'd pass out every time I stood up.

Wednesday: Lupron shot #2 at 7 am. Proceeded to be absolutely miserable the whole day at work due to the dizziness. I was also very uncomfortable due to the now mature, massive load of eggs in my belly. I had to tell Derek to stop making me laugh because it hurt too much.

Thursday: Up at 5:15 after not really sleeping the night before. We stayed in the hotel next to the hospital so that we could be there bright and early which worked out nicely. We anticipated getting about 20 or so eggs and ended up getting 38 (I got an updated number this morning).

The good news is, after everyone telling me how miserable I'd be after the egg retrieval (they even gave me a vicodin prescription), I haven't even needed a tylenol. I just feel super bloated and like I've done a few too many situps. I'd say menstrual cramps are worse than this. I'm actually more comfortable now than I was the day before the egg retrieval.

Friday: We got our first report card this morning and we have embryos :)

I think we've decided to keep the number to ourselves for now. We still have a long way to go as far as them growing and splitting as expected but we're confident that we should have enough to create our family.

We'll get our next report card on Sunday to see how many make it to the next level of development.

Thank you so much for your prayers! We still have a long road before us but this week we jumped quite a few hurdles! :)