Trigger Happy

I'm gonna get a shot in the ass in 45 minutes. You IVFers know what I'm talking about. Yes! It's trigger night. For you non-IVFers, you may need more than that. 36 hours before we ovulate, our own bodies naturally trigger ovulation with the hCG hormone. It matures the egg and frees it from the follicle. During an IVF cycle though, a shot in the ass delivers the hCG hormone and the eggs are retieved 35 hours later, just an hour before they would come out on their own. That makes my retieval at 9 am on Tuesday. Just so glad I will be out for this one. I saw and felt everything in Calgary. Those people are butchers. Follie line up this morning was:

23, 22, 19,18,18,16.4, 12, 11.6, 11.5, 9, 8. Looks like 6, maybe 7 eggs. Guess what....two of them grew 4mm over night. That's crazy!! must have been the frozen Greek yogurt....I did go back for more...the follies told me to. So if more grow 4 mm over night, I might have 9 eggs. That would be awesome.

Stef is here !! he had an exhausting trip here so he's already sleeping. Not before going for pizza, ice cream and a bolw of popcorn back in our room which I brought home for him from the street market in Boulder. One of us is running tomorrow, and one of us is not. I'll let you figure that one out.

The timing of the retrieval is perfect...it let's Stef get settled in and get his bearings and gives my friend from Cali and I some time to catch up. I just hope I'm not woozy or throw up like last time after this shot.

I may not post again untill after the retrival. I will be so happy to drink coffee and wine again. Hopefully there will be champange in store for us at the end of the week!!