No More Shots!

I had my final ultrasound and blood work done this morning and everything looked good. My follicles are definitely growing. Most of them were in the 15-19 mm range, so they scheduled my egg retrieval for Tuesday morning at 8:30 am. That means I'm done with all of my follicle stimulating medications (injections)! I do have one final shot to take tonight at 8:30 pm. It's an HCG trigger shot that induces ovulation and is taken 36 hours prior to retrieval. After that, NO MORE SHOTS!

I will be under IV sedation for the retrieval, which is pretty quick procedure. While I'm having the retrieval done, Jeff will go back and collect a "sample." :) They'll fertilize my eggs with his sperm and we should get a call the next day telling us how many of the eggs they collected were able to be fertilized. Our embryo transfer will be 5 days later on Sunday, January 29.

We would appreciate your prayers over the next week. Please pray that the egg retrieval goes smoothly, that my eggs can be fertilized, and that they develop into healthy embryos in the days that follow.