Retrieval is go!

Yesterday we had our egg retrieval. That went well. I think Kallenberger set a land speed record for eggs. I swear the whole thing was over in 30 minutes (tops) and we got 20 eggs. That's 8 more than last time.

I was kinda bummed we didn't get 24, cause you know, 2 dozen eggs. I could post a picture of 2 dozen eggs. Instead, I'm going with this. 

They also took out 2 liters of fluid. That kinda explains her complaining about feeling bloated. She was lugging around an Easter basket and a bottle of embryo soda around. No wonder!

After the procedure things went a bit South. She started saying her left eye hurt and kept rubbing it. They taped her eyes shut during the procedure (to keep them moist). We think she might have gotten scratched or something.

Either way, it just kept getting worse. I left work at 4 to get her to a doctor. Our regular physician was not available so we went to the best care clinic over on 33rd. The doctor there is a quack. He looked at the chart, barely looked at her, ignored the whole IVF thing and declared it pink eye.

Pink eye. She's on 200 mg of doxycycline and zero symptoms leading up to this. We told him this. He just kinda ignored that and went with pink eye. We will not being back to that clinic. But, he did give a prescription for some ointment and some drops to help with the swelling and pain. We took those and called the fertility clinic.

Beejay (the nurse) let us know she talked to the Dr. K and he advised ignoring the diagnosis and use the drops and ointment. Neither would hurt the IVF process. The eggs are out, and that's a big deal. So, she's been using the drops and she seems to be in less discomfort. If it starts to get rough again, we'll go to our normal physician.

Either way, we should get the first update on the embryos today. I'm wildly looking forward to that. Of all the IVF stuff that sucks, the daily updates are wonderful.