Lots of Follicles!

This morning was both mine & Niks doctors appointments. He had the sperm aspiration. They were able to get 100 sperms. (So exciting to think my little girl is half way there in this ifv process!!). They used Propofol to put him under. He was nervous because we all know this is what Michael Jackson used to go to sleep every night. Dr Valencia reassured him that it was much different because Nik was only going to be "under" less than an hour and he would have an anesthesiologist present. There were actually a room full of doctors and nurses to assist in this procedure.

Nik before surgery:

Since MJ was the last thing Nik was talking about before he went to sleep, he ended up dreaming about him. He said MJ was mad at him because he couldn't moon walk but kept doing those little funny "hee hee" laughs! Too funny..... I will have to think of something really fun when they put me under. I definitely don't want to be dreaming of a mean Michael Jackson laughing creepily at me.

As for my appointment, it was excruciating. They did the ultrasound of my uterus and since I am on all these hormones, there were a lot of follicles. I was able to see lots of them which was a wonderful sign! Dr Valencia said that since there are so many eggs, he is considering freezing both eggs & embryos. He is going to talk with us more about this tomorrow (after yet another ultrasound). I would much rather freeze eggs than embryos.

Dr Valencia also said that he may be changing my hormones tomorrow. He decreased my dosage a couple days ago but since things are going so well, he is probably going to change meds. I guess since everything is so healthy, we are going to go a less aggressive route!!

Nik was a trooper. After he was out of recovery, we went to the local mall and got some lunch & ice cream. I couldn't believe how much he was walking around. He must have a super-high tolerance for pain. I know I was ready to come home & curl in bed after my exam and he was ready to go walk around the mall!!

He is now passed out in bed, I guess the meds are kicking in! I am making him beef stew for dinner since it was his special request.

Thats it for now!!