Fertilization Report

I just got the call from the fertility center. Of the 8 eggs that were retrieved yesterday, 7 of them were mature. They did the ICSI on all 7 of those. Of those 7, 6 fertilized normally. Whew! That's such good news! The embryologist's office will call us on Friday with a report as to what grades the embryos are then. They grade them on their condition, but I would have to go into way too much detail here in order to explain it. And I'm not sure I really could.

The procedure yesterday wasn't too bad. I was unconscious for it, so that helped. I was sore and crampy and a bit nauseous when I woke up, but not overly so. I stayed in bed most of the day and slept and/or watched the idiot box (TV). Today I'm feeling better, but not as if I want to actually do anything. I'll be happy to get a shower here in a little bit! I'm still bloated so I'll probably stay off work this week, too, unless that goes away suddenly.

Mike will give me my progesterone-in-oil shot this afternoon. I started the Medrol last night, and will start the baby aspirin tomorrow evening. So with my 2-pill prenatals, I'm taking 6 pills and one shot each day. Whatever it takes!

I'll update on Friday when we get the grade report from the doctor's office. Take care!