Egg Retrieval

We got to RMA at 10am. Not sure why they wanted us there so early, because my procedure wasn't until noon. I guess they wanted us there on time. At any rate, I was given some good drugs, knocked out for fifteen minutes and woken up in the recovery room. The nurse informed me that Dr. M was able to get 9 eggs. I have to admit I was a little disappointed. I wanted 15 or more, but 9 is good especially for someone my age. I had cramps afterwards and went home and slept the day away. Today I went to work and felt worse. I think from the bladder infection I got. Hmm, how'd that happen? Last minute romp in bed before the 2ww? Seems suspect to me. I was in some serious pain, but on the flip I started to feel more like myself and not so "amped" up on hormones. We finally got the call from RMA to find out how many embryos were made. Out of the 9 eggs, 7 became embies! Not bad at all. Unfortunately they had to do icsi due to poor sperm quality. ICSI is where they actually insert the sperm into the egg. It's an expensive and delicate procedure! Glad they didn't have to do it on the account of my egg quality. You better believe I called Fairfax (the sperm bank) today to file a complaint. RMA will call the bank on Monday to give sperm count details and inform fairfax of what went wrong. I want my money back on the 2 vials we paid good money for last month! Sperm is not cheap! All in all, I would do this again if we had to. I surprised myself in that I am not afraid of needles anymore. Yes, my belly looks like a pin cushion but thats okay. It's all worth it. Tonight I am just taking it easy watching some Golden Girls and allowing the pain meds to work. I am still floored that on Tuesday we have the embryo transfer and will then be in the 2ww! It's as though it were meant to be.... Cheers, Micki