Egg Collection 13.11.12

I woke up at 5.15am this morning I actually slept pretty well, thought I would be awake all night. I just got up and had my shower then got hubby up. We left at about 6.30am as we were travelling to a different clinic as our clinic has some problem with their lab and its closed so we were heading to The Nuffield in Glasgow and had no clue where it was. We found it ok after going round in circles in the wrong street a few times, its basically a big fancy house in a residential street.

We checked in at reception at about 7.15 and a lovely man in a waistcoat showed us to our room, yes we had our own private room with a bathroom and tv woohoo (don't get that on the NHS) We sat in there for about half an hour until a nurse came to see us. She went over some medical details with us and took my blood pressure and said I could get changed into my lovely gown. We were second on the list so hopefully not too long to wait. I was getting very nervous, just waiting but was glad we had a room to ourselves to wait in. Next the anaesthetist came in and went over more medical stuff and explained what would be happening, he was lovely. The doctor that was doing the egg collection was from the Royal (our own clinic) and he came in and went over the procedure and any complications that can arise etc. There were also nurses from the Royal there too and they also seemed to be loving the fancy surrounding and thought they should keep working there forever :)

We were then asked to move room, we were put in room 3 but they like us to be in the room number to match when we are going to theatre and since I was going second we had to swap rooms with the couple in room 2. They were pretty much the same - still lovely. It wasnt long before they came for me, just before 9am, Hubby and I said our goodbye's and I went to theatre and he went to do his very important part :) I had to confirm my name and date of birth to two women through a wee hatch who were obviously in the lab and then I got to lie down. I was still pretty nervous but all the nurses were lovely and then the anaesthetist, Dr Miller (yay I remembered one name) came in. He got started putting the cannula into my hand and started asking me about my job. I remember getting my legs strapped into the stirrups, lovely, then feeling the anaesthetic going in and my arm feeling tingly then my face and a nurse saying enjoy your sleep and that was that.

I woke up back in my room with hubby at my side. I heard hubby asking the nurse "so we got 4 eggs" and I asked about my right ovary, they did check but there were no eggs there. After the nurse left I asked hubby how did you know we had 4 eggs and apparently I had asked her already but I do not remember haha. I felt fine just a little crampy and sleepy. They left us for a while then a Nurse came back in to check on us and bring me some water and to say there was a lunch menu and she was sure we both got to choose something. I just had a plain cheese sandwich and some tea, hubby got scrambled eggs and smoked salmon muffins, fancy!  After a while I got up to go to the toilet and I felt fine, we watched a bit of telly until a nurse came back to say we had to get more blood taken as there was one blood test that The Nuffield wanted done that hadnt been done at The Royal, Hubby was not happy about this at all, he hates needles, bless. I was allowed to get dressed then though and we were told the embryologist would come and go over things before we could go. The embryologist from The Nuffield and The Royal came in and after a little mix up with files (they had the file of the woman who was in the room earlier) she went over what had happened. So we have 4 eggs and she was happy with that and told us they would mix hubby's sample with them that afternoon and I was to call them in the morning (Wednesday) just after 9.30am to see how they were getting on. She said they usually have a 60% fertilisation rate so really praying for 1 or 2 to fertilise. If only 1 or 2 do they will probably get put back on Thursday but if more then they will leave to Friday to pick the best 1 or 2 to go back. She did ask us about how many we want back but I was told at previous appointments that only 1 would go back and they would do 2 if they were not great quality. She said we will wait and see how they fertilise and take it from there. The only thing I am worried about with 2 is if they both do implant and I go on to have twins, how the hell will I afford it! So I guess I will see what they say in the morning and take it from there, we may only get 1 fertilised or we may get none. I need to be prepared for all outcomes but im trying to stay positive.

So far this afternoon I have layed on the couch and watched some telly, had a nap, hubby made dinner and I have my hot water bottle as still a bit sore and just going to have a nice relaxing evening.