The Retrieval and Aspiration

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.