Seven

I'm just home from the OC. Retrieval went ahead as scheduled this morning. I'm tired, a little bloated, more than a little sore, and my head is really not in a good place. So I think I will leave the full update until tomorrow, when I have the time and energy to post about all the highs, lows and considerable absurdities in between.

I should also know by tomorrow morning how many of the seven eggs have fertilised. I would be lying if I said I wasn't very disappointed not to have more than seven, after all that. But seven, good or bad, is what we have to work with at this moment in time, so that is what I will pin my hopes on. So be it.

As we were driving home, E. said to me, "It's weird to think of a piece of you and a piece of me left behind in a petri dish in another city."

Yes. Yes, it is weird. Please think some good thoughts for us that the dish is a happy, friendly, getting-busy-with-the-embryo-making kind of place. Please let me have some good news tomorrow.

Comments

[LEB]

I want to avoid saying anything trite ... I'm hoping for good news for you tomorrow.

Take care of yourself.

[Betsy]

Delurking here....

I know you wish you had more, but its really the quality that count. I have gotten pregnant twice after retrievals that produced 8 and 7 eggs each. I know its hard not to be a bit disappointed after reading about women who had 2 and 3x that. But as my RE says, quality is more important than quantity.

Best of luck to you and E. Fingers crossed for good news tomorrow!

[Erin]

I'm transferring the good karma, zen and other cosmis sundries your way. Good luck.

[zhl]

Sending good thoughts to you, E., and your petri dish.

[Kate]

Crossing fingers and toes for you and E.

Hugs,
Kate

[cass]

Okay, I'm mustering up all the happy petri dish thoughts I have and sending them your way. And I will continue to hold you, E, and the dish in my thoughts. (Now get some rest!)

[Meg]

Also sending good thoughts your way. I hope everything goes well for transfer.

[Suz]

You have all my thoughts, Mare, you, E. and the seven.

[Dead Bug]

Imagining good things for your seven, and for yourselves. I hope for the best possible news tomorrow, and for a speedy recovery.

--Bugs

[Cathy]

Mare,
Quality IS more important than quantity. Here's a little love going out to you, E., and the seven in the petri dish in the OC. Also I hope you feel better physically and mentally-emotionally soon. It's not easy to go through all that. (I know those of us who've done it always make it sound like a breeze, so you would naturally be surprised that it takes a toll. [smile]) Please keep us posted, and know that we're rooting for you.

[aderyn]

hoping for the best for you mare.

[Amanda]

I hope your seven prove lucky. Fingers crossed for a great fertilization rate.

[mm]

Thanks for the update-- sending good, fertilizing, dividing thoughts your way.

[Cat]

Will be thinking of you and hoping you get good news.

[Kristin]

Crossing everything that can be crossed and praying for GREAT results!

[Anna H.]

Thinking of you, dear Mare.

xxoo

[alex]

That petri dish has more vibes than a buddhist monastery...

I am wishing, and hoping, those eggs will do their thing.

[chris]

Good luck.

[deborah]

Seven is good, Mare. Really, it is. Feel better, and know that I'm channeling lots fertilizing energy toward that petri dish of yours.