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At Loiuse's request! 
Ok so it's not really gory, but I was quite scared about the egg retrieval (ER) proceure, mainly because all info I could find on the net was pretty vague.
So hopefully this will help if any of you lovely ladies end up going through the same:
My previous scan (2 days before ER) showed only 4 big follicles, so my main worry was that they wouldn't get any eggs.
The first thing we had to do was for DH to provide his sample. We had the option of going in together, or just him on his own. We're both romantics so really want to do everything erm... together
I then had to change into one of those lovely hospital gowns with the floppy open back lol! Then put on a paper head scarf and hospital clogs.
The doctor and embryologist and anaesthetist then all came in to let me know what was going to happen. I was told that I would be sedated as opposed to general anaesthetic. It would be deep sedation so I'd be pretty much asleep (and I can't remember anything about the procedure).
Then DH had to leave cos partners aren't allowed in theatre
The worst bit then was having a little needle of local anaesthetic in my hand. It did the trick though cos I didn't feel the needle going in that they use to administer the sedation drugs.
Next thing I know is that the nurse is bringing in my hubby to see me, and I get loads of tea ad biscuits! Really no pain at all - vey slight discomfort, but really VERY slight. Maybe it helped that I only had 4 follicles as opposed to the 15-20 (or more!) that some people have.
The embryologist then came in to say they had retrieved 2 eggs (yay!) and then miracle of miracles... they would be able to do IVF instead of ICSI due to DHs sperm count increasing by 600% (yes six HUNDRED percent) compared to the last 3 tests!!! I will post separately about that cos OMG!! I have a lot to say about that!
I then 'freshened up' (there was a tiny amount of blood, just like spotting before AF - not as bad as I thought it would be) and was allowed home. So I was at hospital 4 hours altogether.
So yesterday they mixed together my 2 eggies and DHs spermies, and called me this morning with the results...
Both eggs fertilised! Yay!
There's a 95% chance that each fertilised egg will develop into an embryo, so I'm booked in to have (hopefully) an embryo transferred tomorrow afternoon. They would have preffered to leave them to develop for 5 days (so they can reach what they call blastocyte stage), but it's more risky so they won't do that with only 2 eggs.
Then it's just a two week waiting game until we can do a HPT.
Sorry for mega long post, but hopefully having a bit more info will make it less scary for you if/when the time comes.
Ok so it's not really gory, but I was quite scared about the egg retrieval (ER) proceure, mainly because all info I could find on the net was pretty vague.
So hopefully this will help if any of you lovely ladies end up going through the same:
My previous scan (2 days before ER) showed only 4 big follicles, so my main worry was that they wouldn't get any eggs.
The first thing we had to do was for DH to provide his sample. We had the option of going in together, or just him on his own. We're both romantics so really want to do everything erm... together
I then had to change into one of those lovely hospital gowns with the floppy open back lol! Then put on a paper head scarf and hospital clogs.
The doctor and embryologist and anaesthetist then all came in to let me know what was going to happen. I was told that I would be sedated as opposed to general anaesthetic. It would be deep sedation so I'd be pretty much asleep (and I can't remember anything about the procedure).
Then DH had to leave cos partners aren't allowed in theatre
The worst bit then was having a little needle of local anaesthetic in my hand. It did the trick though cos I didn't feel the needle going in that they use to administer the sedation drugs.
Next thing I know is that the nurse is bringing in my hubby to see me, and I get loads of tea ad biscuits! Really no pain at all - vey slight discomfort, but really VERY slight. Maybe it helped that I only had 4 follicles as opposed to the 15-20 (or more!) that some people have.
The embryologist then came in to say they had retrieved 2 eggs (yay!) and then miracle of miracles... they would be able to do IVF instead of ICSI due to DHs sperm count increasing by 600% (yes six HUNDRED percent) compared to the last 3 tests!!! I will post separately about that cos OMG!! I have a lot to say about that!
I then 'freshened up' (there was a tiny amount of blood, just like spotting before AF - not as bad as I thought it would be) and was allowed home. So I was at hospital 4 hours altogether.
So yesterday they mixed together my 2 eggies and DHs spermies, and called me this morning with the results...
Both eggs fertilised! Yay!
There's a 95% chance that each fertilised egg will develop into an embryo, so I'm booked in to have (hopefully) an embryo transferred tomorrow afternoon. They would have preffered to leave them to develop for 5 days (so they can reach what they call blastocyte stage), but it's more risky so they won't do that with only 2 eggs.Then it's just a two week waiting game until we can do a HPT.
Sorry for mega long post, but hopefully having a bit more info will make it less scary for you if/when the time comes.
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for Christmas. 
