At Home and Resting

We had a successful morning! Twelve eggs were retrieved. As I write this, our eggs and sperms are being combined, lacking the big O. It is so worth it! I am home resting and feel good. They said to expect cramping and slight bleeding and I am not having the kind of cramping I expected, it isn't like a menstral cramp but my tummy area is a little bloated and more like a gurgle gas. It not painful, just a full feeling.
I better write about my first day going under. I felt very pampered. I changed into my gown which was warm, like just out to of the dryer ( I know we have all hugged the towels before!) Then I went to my bed, and was wrapped in warm blankets. Wow this does really make a difference when you're practically naked, which exception of the gown, my socks and surgical booties. Bill joined me, video camera in hand, with hopes of obtaining humorous footage as I got loopy. I was on a vital sign monitor and Bill really enjoyed watch how my heart rate could flexuate on command. He dared me to drop my hear rate, and it dropped from 65 to 58 almost instantly and all I did was close my eyes and relax my head. What fun it for him, as he has been around the block in enough surgeries for his osteousarcoma. On the other hand I have never been "knocked out". The trip was fast, they gave me the juice in my IV and off they rolled me. I made it to the Operating room, barely, looked around for 5 seconds and was cashed out. When I came to I was so warm and cosy. I had an air filled heating blanket on me. Bill was by my side in no time , again video camera in hand, it was so nice to have him there. He noted my heart rate was 51, I was very relaxed. Progressively I made it from the bed to the reclining chair for my Sprite and crackers. Our nurse was great, a fertility lab it would be an exciting nurse to be as most people are there because they want to have kids, not because they have to be cut open to remove some Yucky matter remove to defy illness or death.So it much be a better job at the end of the day.
The embryologist met with us just before we left. She told us about the 12 eggs and Bill's sperm are looking great and ready for their adventure.
I am home taking it easy, popping a few pills, an antibiotic and something else. Bill is spoiling me with at your call service, I just wish he could use the bathroom for me too. So the waiting continues and we are excited to hear our fertilization report tomorrow before noon. Most likely, we will be a Day 5 transfer, meaning on Sunday the embryo's will returned to Mama.