About Me

Having been raised by a single mother, it's been my dream to have a "normal" family with a father, a mother, and children since I was a kid. I got married to a wonderful husband Mike eight years ago. I love my job - I am an oncology nurse taking care of people undergoing bone marrow transplant. Mike got his Master's in Clinical Social Work last year. He recently started his career as Substance Abuse Specialist. We thought it was time to expand our family. One year later, I was diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve at age of 32 with an elevated FSH level. My doctor thinks I need "aggressive" interventions right away. I am going to have my first IVF in September 2010.

Monday, September 20, 2010

Fourteen

My retrieval went well. My doctor retrieved 14 eggs - 7 mature ones and 7 sort of mature ones. That's more than what I expected and I am very happy. Now the waiting game starts. My nurse will call me tomorrow to let me know how many eggs are actually fertilized. I'm hoping for more than 5 embryos so that I can do the day 5 transfer. I said to my doctor that I hoped for the day 5 transfer, and he agreed that it looks like the plan for now. We'll know more tomorrow. TOMORROW. I can't wait...

My body has completely recovered from the procedure. No more pain in the ovaries. The progestrone injection starts tonight. It is an intramuscular shot and it has to go to an area in the buttock. I can't do it myself, so my husband has to be in charge. Good luck to him.

I just found out that one of my friends went through fertility treatments in the past. She now has beautiful babies. I am happy to learn about those success stories. I was feeling loneliness in this fertility journey, but I've started to realize I am not alone. There are many people who had the same struggle as I had. I hope I will be one of the successful IVF stories people talk about in the future.
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