Egg Retrieval

The egg retrieval was scheduled for 9:30 a.m. which was 34 hours after the trigger shot. I arrived at the operation room at 9:00 a.m. Waited till 9:30 before my name was called and I was led to change into the hospital gown. I waited and waited and waited. I kept looking at the clock.... tick tock tick tock.... hard to stay seated without feeling cold. I was anxious that the 36th hour after administering the trigger shot would pass and all my eggs would just ovulate before being picked up.

11:40 a.m. - Finally my name was called and I was led to the surgery room. They asked me a few questions about previous surgeries, put the IV into my vein, attached the blood pressure monitor belt on my arm and I passed out. When I came around, I was already in the recovery room. I asked how many eggs were retrieved. In total, 15 eggs were retrieved! Hallelujah! I wasn't expecting that number! This was an even better number than IVF#1. I felt happy. My husband was called into the recovery room and he helped me change. As we walked out and were waiting for the elevator, I felt so dizzy and suddenly my whole body went cold and everything went black, I crumbled to the ground. I heard my husband calling out my name from far. Somewhere a nurse came with a wheelchair and wheeled me back to the recovery room where they put me on the bed and an oxygen mask over my nose. I told them I might be low in blood sugar and they just asked me to rest. I rested for 30 more minutes and felt good enough to get out of bed. My husband got food for me and I ate it before we left the hospital.

IVF #2 - Dr. Hwu, Yuh-ming, Mackay Memorial Hospital

So here we are at IVF # 2. I had already forgotten the pains of daily injections from IVF #1. We were ready for another fresh cycle.

• CD 1 : Was prescribed 1 pre-filled syringe of Elonva 150 iu. We were told that this is a relatively new drug where 1 single injection is good for 5-7 days. Yaay! Made my life easier! :) The only downside is that the drug stung and burned when injected but it wasn't as bad as Menopur.

• CD 5 : Returned to the clinic and was prescribed the following:
• CD 5 - Pergoveris 150 iu x 1
• CD 6 - Pergoveris 150 iu x 1, Orgalutran 75 mg x1

• CD 7 : Had quite a good number of follicles. Doctor didn't even bother to write them all down on the follicle monitoring sheet. Trigger shot tonight with Decapeptyl 1ml x 2, Ovidrel x 2 vials

• CD 9 : Egg retrieval

Overall, I feel stimming for IVF #2 was a breeze. Eggs were ready for pick up so fast.