April 23, 2012 we arrived at Dr Shapiros office for a pre-op appointment to make sure everything was good and ready to go. Sara's blood work came back normal and the measurement taken of the lining of the uterus was exactly what the doctor had hoped. Dr Shapiro plans on collecting 22 eggs that had developed over the last twelve days. We are ready to move forward with the egg retrieval and Clint's aspiration tomorrow with Dr Sussman!
April 24, 2012 bright and early at 5:30 am we arrived at Dr. Shapiros office for Sara's egg retrieval.She was placed under anesthesia for her procedure. The procedure only took about 20 mins to complete but about an hour of wakeup time. The procedure went great! 22 healthy eggs were retrieved from the ovaries. Sara went back to the hotel room to rest while Clint returned to the office for his procedure. Clint's procedure was completed with a local anesthetic so that he would be comfortable but awake. Two tissue samples were taken from Clint to fertilize all 22 eggs collected. Dr. Sussman returned to give Clint the good news, everything went well and they had collected enough healthy sperm to fertilize all the eggs collected . Clint returned back to the room with good news and to rest up with Sara. We had the much needed helpful hands of Clints mom Jeanne to help nurse us back to health. Both doctors advised us to take it easy for the next couple days while we heal.
April 25, 2012 we returned home both still a bit sore and tired. We eagerly waited for Dr. Shapiros call with the news of how the first 24 hours went in the fertilization of the embryos.About 1:00 the doctor called with our news. 13 of the eggs were fertilized and are growing healthy. He was very happy with how everything went. We are instructed to have Sara completed blood work at our local hospital for an update with how everything is looking. Sara will start a new set of injections to prep her uterus for the placement of our healthy embryos this Sunday, April 29.We couldn't of asked for a better outcome. We are so thankful for everyone's thoughts and prayers. Its been an amazing road and we are almost to the end of our IVF Journey.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Ultrasound and Blood Work
Wednesday April 18, 2012 we arrived at Dr Shapiros office for blood work and an ultrasound to see how well the Menapur and Gonal-F medication has been affecting the production of eggs in the ovaries. The ultrasound revealed 5 eggs produce in the right and 10 in the left. All were developing at normal pace. The doctor would like to keep medication doses the same and see us back on Friday April 20 for another ultrasound and blood work.
Friday April 20, 2012 we returned to Dr Shapiros office for another ultrasound and blood work. To our surprise our ultrasound showed many more mature eggs than just two days prior! We had 25 total eggs that had developed. We were so excited. We did receive some changes from the original schedule, although we have produce many more eggs than the previous visit, the eggs still aren't to the size that the doctor would like in order to retrieve them. They would like us to return on Sunday April 22 for another ultrasound to allow mesurement of the eggs. They do believe the follicles will be ready for retrieval by Tuesday. So we are continuing injections for another couple of days but were getting so close!
Friday April 20, 2012 we returned to Dr Shapiros office for another ultrasound and blood work. To our surprise our ultrasound showed many more mature eggs than just two days prior! We had 25 total eggs that had developed. We were so excited. We did receive some changes from the original schedule, although we have produce many more eggs than the previous visit, the eggs still aren't to the size that the doctor would like in order to retrieve them. They would like us to return on Sunday April 22 for another ultrasound to allow mesurement of the eggs. They do believe the follicles will be ready for retrieval by Tuesday. So we are continuing injections for another couple of days but were getting so close!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Beginning Medications
April 11, 2012 Sara started Menapur and Gonal-F injections. These medications are meant to stimulate the ovaries to produce eggs. They are injected once a day for twelve days. So far everything has gone smoothly with no side effects other than a little sleepiness. We went down early Saturday morning for blood work to see how Sara is reacting to the medications. Everything seems to be on track and we should be back down Wednesday April 18 for our first ultrasound to see the folicles produced so far. The doctor is planning our retrieval date of the eggs for April 22, 2012.
We are getting so close and will continue to keep everyone posted with each visit. We are so thankful for everyone's support and love.
We are getting so close and will continue to keep everyone posted with each visit. We are so thankful for everyone's support and love.
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