So here we are, one day post egg retrieval. We got 11 eggs. Today we found out six were mature and all six were successfully fertilised with ICSI. Now we wait for our day three update.
I’m somewhat disappointed that out of a potential of 30 follicles, only 12 seemed to develop to a reasonable point. But the good news is we have something, and that’s significantly better than nothing.
I’m surprised with how I’ve found the experience so far. Injecting the meds was uneventful. The egg retrieval was uneventful and any symptom, side-effect or discomfort was non-existent. I barely feel any pain from yesterday’s procedure!
The best part of yesterday was the sedation. It was so weird. A wooziness came over me and the last thing I said was “Whoa! It feels so weird” and then I was awake again struggling to keep my eyes open. What. An. Experience!
I’m not sure if I mentioned earlier but we have a new kitten. We got him almost three weeks ago and he’s the most playful, sweetest and gorgeous kitty ever! Introducing him to our cat took a few days as there was a lot of growling and hissing, but now they play fight constantly and get along well! She loves him and always grooms him and he loves her and always purrs when he’s near her. I feel complete.
Here’s the final table of follicle growth:
| 15th Apr | 18th Apr | 20th Apr | 22nd Apr | 25th Apr | ||||||
| CD4 | CD7 | CD9 | CD11 | CD14 | ||||||
| E2 (pmol/L) | 242 | 800 | 1614 | 3000 | 9435 | |||||
| Endometrial Thickness (mm) | 2.9 | 6 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 10.4 | |||||
| L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | L | R | |
| < 6mm | 12 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 6mm | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 7mm | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
| 8mm | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 9mm | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 10mm | ||||||||||
| 11mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 12mm | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 13mm | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 14mm | ||||||||||
| 15mm | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 16mm | ||||||||||
| 17mm | 1 | |||||||||
| 18mm | ||||||||||
| 19mm | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 20mm | 2 | |||||||||
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| 25mm | 1 | |||||||||