I just got the call from the Re's office: my second retrieval is set for Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 7:30am. This stim phase was much shorter than last time. I ended up only taking 7 doses instead of the ten it took last time. I'm not even sure what to think about that, so I'm not going to dwell on it for now. The RE was pleased with how everything looked, so he's given me the go ahead to take my hCG shot tonight and have the retrieval on Tuesday, exactly when they originally predicted it. As of this morning, I had 22 follicles growing, so we'll see how many of them actually have eggs growing. It's only one more than last cycle and we got a whopping 19 last time... maybe we'll break the 20 mark this time around.
As for the three verses five day transfer, my heart is still telling me to go for the day three. There really isn't anyone that can convince me otherwise, especially after what happened last cycle. It would probably destroy me if we didn't have anything to freeze again. I pray that we won't need it, but I would much rather be safe than sorry.
R is still mulling over how many we should transfer. I'm all for transfering three this time, but he, like the Re, is very concerned about a triplet pregnancy. I can't explain it, but I'm not concerned that we'll have that problem. At this point, I'd be happy if just one of them hung on. Although I'm still hoping for two. I won't deny it.
I took Tuesday through Friday off from work so that I could relax and 'enjoy' the retrieval and transfer. Since we know we'll be having a three-day transfer, the transfer date will be on Friday, January 11, 2008. 11 seems like a good number to me right now.
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How freaking exciting is this?! Woohoo!! You have a very busy, but very exciting week ahead of you!
IMO, I totally agree with you on the day-three transfer. I just get a good feeling about that. I think you're going to have great success this time -- and I'll be praying and hoping that I'm right! ;)
Oh, man, H, this is just really exciting!
You're right, it is exciting! I think I'm much more relaxed this time around. I'm so used to all of this that there are actually mornings when I almost forget to take my many medications! So, here's hoping for a great success this time around!
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