Recovery/waiting for transfer

I'm back! I appreciate everyone's prayers during the entire weekend. 15 embryos is great: it's a 50% increase over last time!

Some of you have heard, but my egg retrieval was not as fantastic and easy as last cycle. In August, when I woke up after retrieval, I felt fantastic, better than I did before going under. Saturday was not so easy. I woke up during the retrieval, which the doctor doing the procedure confirmed. He said I "got a little uncomfortable on the left side." Well, obviously if I managed to wake up during my drug-induced stupor and remembered it. Thankfully, the anesthesiologist knocked me back out in a hurry and next thing I knew I was in the recovery room. I was in a good deal of pain but Jonathan got that under control quickly enough and I was able to sleep for pretty much the next two days. I'm not sure what was different this time. My guess is that the follicles were just harder to aspirate.

Despite all of that, if it means we get pregnant, it will be completely worth it! I've got a tentative appointment tomorrow at 11am for transfer but we're hoping that the embryos can hold off until Thursday for a 5-day transfer. That will mean they're bigger and happier and better chances for a baby!

So please continue to pray for the 15 tiny Strunks in the petri dish. We need them to hang on just a few more days!