I went to the doctor at 9:45am for yet another ultrasound and blood draw. I have 12 eggs in my left ovary and 14 in my right. They arrange in size from 11mm to 19mm. I have about 6 total that are over 15mm. Thats an ok amount. I was really hoping I'd have 10 or more that size. If the eggs are not mature enough the recipient cannot use them. Apparently if we wait another day for retrieval I would lose the larger eggs. After they reviewed my chart they called me and decided that I would take my final injection this evening and have my retrieval at 7:30am on Tuesday morning.
I attend a class on Sunday evenings from 6pm to 9pm. I knew I would need to take my injection with me and excuse myself from class to administer it. The injection had to be done 36 hours before retrieval. I pulled out this medication at about 5pm just to make sure I had everything covered. It's called Ovidrel, it's premeasured, so I just pull it out of the box and inject, easy. I read the directions, this medication has been refrigerated and I was hoping it would be ok to have it at room temperature for the injection. I then read that this injection must be done in the stomach. Umm... excuse me? Isn't this what I've been afraid of? I called the on-call doctor without hesitation. He confirmed I'd have to inject into my stomach, but that the needle was very fine. He also said it was fine for it to be at room temperature. I've made it this far, I'm not going to chicken out now. I took the Ovidrel with me to class and excused myself at 7:30pm to the bathroom. When I pull the needle out, I noticed it did look like the one I'd been taking in the mornings that doesn't hurt. I was relieved. I did not have a problem injecting this into my stomach. It pinched a little, but not like I had made it out to hurt in my head.
So I'm done with injections and all will be complete Tuesday morning. I was given a prescription to fill for pain after the retrieval and specific directions leading up to my final visit. I'll explain those tomorrow.
Physically, I have had a rough day. My stomach is very bloated and in pain. I have not eaten much and I am not hungry. My stomach moves around instead as if I have gas, and I do a little. I was not able to have a bowel movement today and yesterday I used an enema because I have been able to go. The pressure in my abdomen is weird and I do not feel comfortable pushing at all. I have been extermely tired, but also life has not allowed much sleep. I do think my body is working hard on these eggs and would like me to rest more. Mood is good, got a little cranky today because of the stomach pains and tiredness.
