Egg retrieval for cycle #2

Today was my egg retrieval at Shady Grove for my second IVF. I was so eager to get in and get it over with :)  i woke up at 2:15 and was able to sneak in a granola bar before the cut off for eating (3:00am). i was feeling a little full but really not as full as last time  or nearly as uncomfortable. not a lot of twinges or pain or anything :)

i drove us to rockville because i hate traffic and like being "in charge" when we have to get somewhere by a certain time. we had an 8:30 arrival time, so left at 6:00 just in case we had another bay bridge snafu. luckily we had no major issues at all. the beltway was slow, though, so we got there at 8:10!!!

they took us right back when we got there and it was the same routine: change into gown and hair net, sign consents, meet the anesthesiologist, go over his consents. then my doctor for the retrieval came back-- a new doctor-- Dr. Esposito from Frederick. she was really nice! then Steve the anesthesiologist came back to get me set up. he is a psu fan (i learned about that from the SG facebook page) so we were talking psu football during the whole IV set up. I really don't mind the needles all that much at all and i actually like having fluids put in me, for some reason it's oddly relieving :)

matt goes and does his thing, i continue to wait & read a magazine, then it's go time! steve walks me back to the OR and i meet my nurses, get set up on the table, thank them for taking care of me and then steve says "we are" i say "penn state", he puts the nose mask on me and i am OUT. then i wake up in recovery, the nurse tells me i had 11 eggs, and next thing i know mattie is in the room with me! i was really woozy this time afterwards; i just wanted to sleep! my nurse told me that when i woke up i was telling steve what an awesome job he did, but i don't remember any of that!

we were home by 1:15 and i was in bed by 1:19. had a nice nap in the afternoon and now i am typing my blog for the day! luckily i have had very little pain all afternoon! hoping for a great fertilization report in the morning!!!