Day 37 51.0k
Day 38 51.9k
I've recorded my heaviest!!! But I don't care now because it was an extraordinary week! I'm super excited.
So many have happened since I found that my follicles were high in number and mature and was advised to have the theaters in two days.
Usually husband hands out their sperm on the day of wife's theater, however, my husband had vasectomy more than 10 years ago so that his sperm are highly unlikely reach egg by swimming due to distinction in the tube that they need to swim in. Therefore, my husband had to have sperm collection on the same day.
We were told to fast from 6 hours prior to the theater. No eating, no drinking. His one was early in the morning and I had egg collection on from 10 am on day 12. A nurse explained the procedure and gave me a tag on my wrist with my name and BD on then took me to the second floor on where the theaters are taken. I was told to get change to the robe with no underwear. I was told that the theater before mine was delayed so I would have to wait for a while. I was given a warm pack on the back of my hand to surface the vain for later. While I was waiting my turn, I saw at least four ladies in the waiting room and the recovery room. I was quite surprised how many has taken this option to have their baby. It's not unusual in these days.
Both mine and my husband's operations are with a surgery with full anesthetic but the sperm collection is more complicated. My hubby was quite frighten with the anesthetic so that he even told me what to do if anything goes wrong. I've got some friends who have done IVF and got baby with the assistance of same doctor or the clinic, so I had a peace in my mind. While I was in the waiting room, I was able to see my hubby. He was fine and a bit excited how quickly he was put sleep and all procedure went so quickly. well, He thought it was quick but it should have been an hour long. He said nurse told him it went smooth and found good ones!
Then my turn came. I was taken to another waiting room and stayed for about 15 min. I talked with anesthetist and was taken to the theater room. There were the lights and equipment that I have seen on TV drama and reality hit me. But the nurse who looked after me there were super nice so I was still calm and the doctor was my doctor who I've seen so it was also good. The needle for the anesthetic was the most painful part that I remember then 5 second later, I had a mask on then I was knocked out.
I was about to be transferred to the other room to rest when I woke up and told a nurse next to me I was in pain. Then i was given a shot of painkiller through tube on my hand and put me sleep again.
I don't know how long I was a sleep but I guess it was for about an hour. I woke up in the bed next to my hubby. I was sooooooo thirsty so got a nurse to bring a glass of water. When I finally woke up fully, I smelt my hubby's toasty sandwich which got me hungry. They made a cup of coffee and ham and cheese sandwich. The nurse there were very caring and helpful.
We organized a friend of us to pick us up since we were not allowed to drive under the influence of the anesthetic. In the comfort of the recovery room, I almost forgot that we had a proper surgery but when I saw a slash of blood on my bed, I realized we just had a big one.
Before we left the room, the embryologist came to see and explain us the procedure of fertilization. I was told to ring up the clinic to get the update on the progress with it.
As I left the clinic, I was quite in pain so got another painkiller which made me sleepy again. I spend most of the afternoon in the bed at home.
Today, the embryologist told me they have fertilized 6 eggs successfully and 2 have started dividing which is pretty good! It means.... the life of our baby has STARTED!! It's just amazing...
It was quite overwhelming but certainly one of the biggest and exciting weeks of my life so far.
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