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05/16/2004
You gotta believe
I have been thinking a lot about my friends inside the computer. Several of us are on the verge of something big.
Brenda's in retrieval right now (high as a goddamn kite, I hope). Later today I'm looking forward to an update from getupgrrl, if not on her follicle count, then on who got the last word in the impassioned, well-reasoned debate she had with her husband.
Tomorrow in South Africa, which is — oh, hell, I don't know, yesterday? today? Christmas? — in the US, Tertia gets the results of PGD on her 18 embryos. Also tomorrow, in a time zone I can relate to, Jo and I have a date in the stirrups (though not with each other, alas).
IVF success rates being what they are, it's extremely unlikely we'd all get pregnant if you limited your sample to the five of us. Instead I choose to believe that each of us will be in the lucky minority in our own highly specific group. For example, among 33-year-olds with endometriosis, slight male factor, two prior pregnancies, little to no sleep in the past 48 hours, and inner elbows that look like they've been worked over with a Garden Weasel, I'll be the lucky winner.
Magical thinking, I know, but please don't attempt to convince me otherwise — at the moment I need to believe.
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You've got all my magical thinking behind you, babe. (Here is proof of above statement.) Here's hoping your eggs all go into a Moses basket!
Posted by: Summer at May 16, 2004 11:12:29 AM
Ahahahahaha, thanks, Summer! It's a beautiful arrangement: you get the trip, I get the souvenirs.
Posted by: Julie at May 16, 2004 11:23:14 AM
Never underestimate the power of a few dozen hormonal women praying for you.
At last we spoke, I had 11 measurable follicles ready for the picking.
I arrived at the hospital at 10am this morning, where this number was verified by 3 different people.
I went into retreival at exactly 11:14:30. Glenn was told we'd be about 15-20 minutes max. AT 12:05, he began to worry. The nurses went in to check on me, came out grinning and said they were done and the doc would be out in a sec.
She came out, and said.. "she's gonna be in pain, WAY more follicles than the ultrasound showed.. possibly 20 eggs".
She was right... and I needed massive amounts of pain meds to make me feel as if I was being fucked by a horse instead of an elephant.
23 eggs. TWENTY THREE.
They gave me something called Dilaudid for pain at home.. demerol via IV in the hospital.. and apparently I asked the anestesiologist to marry me. TWICE.
Posted by: BrendaS at May 16, 2004 8:17:24 PM
Hot Damn Brenda S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that's the shiiiiit!
23 EGGS!!! Excellent. Thank you ,thank you. THANK YOU EVERSOMUCH for the name of the take home happy pill.
Also, finally, someone has adequately described the pain felt.... horse vs. elephant. Bless you.
I'm so very happy for you and your eggsies! Wat to go. I hope Julie gets at least half as many.
love, Cyn
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