Unbelievable Retrievals

I'm calling this post "Unbelievable Retrievals" -- yep, plural -- because before I share today's ER report, I will remind you about my unbelievable retrieval from August of last year:  we got just 3 eggs as my Atlanta doc was hoping to improve upon the first cycle when we got 7 eggs. As I was waking up in recovery, I asked my DH repeatedly how many eggs we got. And then I kept saying, "Only three eggs?" I was very, very, very disappointed.

Fast forward to today, when I was hoping for vast improvement but bracing for something similar. Believe it or not, Dr. Surrey retrieved 17 eggs!! Seventeen! I definitely came to the right clinic.

Of course we have a long road ahead, starting with tomorrow's fertilization report. The genetic counselor said the fert rate is usually 65% and of those, 40-50% should make it to the blastocyst stage in 5-6 days. If we could have 11 fertilize, I would be shocked. And if we get 4 or 5 blasts, that would be unbelievable all over again. Even if we have two or three blasts, I'll be pleased.

But this is one reason why we came to Colorado -- the lab. I know without a doubt that my 17 eggs are being given the absolute best opportunity to fertilize and survive.

For now, I will rest and think positive thoughts. DH got Chinese takeout for dinner. My fortune cookie said this:

From your garden of dreams, many things will blossom.

I like that.

I "believe" in fortune cookie fortunes because about five years ago, my DH got one that read: "Your new love is already very near you" as his first marriage was ending. He kept it and guess what? It was right. I was very near him. I'd been sitting near him in church for like 18 months. (But he wouldn't speak to me... Totally maddening because I caught him looking at me all the time.) That fortune is now in a frame on our dresser in our bedroom.

Maybe we can add this one to it someday.

Thanks to all for your good wishes.