A lot has happened since my last post. The night I posted the bloated belly pictures I found a cure. I have a book about essential oils, I looked up bloating and found one of the oils that helps is peppermint, which I have. I rubbed peppermint oil all over my belly and instantly (within 20 minutes) my belly size decreased by half and felt much better. I was relieved. The next day I still felt a little bloating, but continued with more peppermint oil. I put a call into the doctors office on Saturday night and they called Monday morning to check on me. I told them I was feeling better, but still having some pain. My boyfriend was very concerned about my belly expansion and insisted I go to the doctor to make sure my inside were not exploding =) I made an appointment for Tuesday morning.
I was feeling fine Tuesday morning, just mild tenderness. They checked my vitals, weight and measurements and performed a pelvic ultrasound. I still have a few eggs in my ovaries that are quite large, but that is normal. When I start my period most if not all of my symptoms will go away. I should start my period within the week, hopefully!
They did implant the embryos into the recipient woman late last week. I won't know if she is pregnant until next week or a little later. I can't wait to find out! The nurse I spoke with told me that she and the other doctor told her (the recipient) how much they all fell in love with me and how wonderful they think I am. She was very happy and excited to hear that. The nurse told me that I gave that family a happy start already. It brought tears to my eyes. I'm so honored and grateful to be a part of this and have the doctors and nurses I worked with think so highly of me that they would share that with her. It's really important to me that she knows I was there for her.
I've felt pretty emotional this week. I'm coming down from all that hormones. The tenderness in my ovaries is not bad, I only feel it on impact, like when sitting down. Anyways, things are good and I'm just waiting for the news....
