9 of them! We have 9!

I can't even tell you how many times I have started a new post. And then how many times I have had to stop for one reason or another. Like now, I am going to take a little nap before I have to get ready for work. But I will be back this evening. I have lots to share... See, told you. I can't seem to finish a whole post without stopping. No matter how much I really want to post some updates. There has been so much to update. So many things that have happened. I am not even really sure where to start. How about our journey to pregnancy. Yesterday, Monday March 28th I became a human pin cushion. Actually I am pretty sure I was one before yesterday but it made it official. The last 3 weeks or so Jake has been giving me hormone shots to get me ready for the retrieval of my eggs. All of those shots were in my tummy muscles...and honestly not as bad as I thought they would be. I even had to get a shot in my bumm of hCG in a parking lot. Nothing makes you feel like a drug dealer then mixing up drugs, in a needle, in your car, in a parking lot. But, the shot had to be given at EXACTLY 8:45pm and it took a little longer at the restaurant then we thought it would. So yesterday was the big day, the egg retrieval day. We had to be there at 7:15 am to go over post-operation instructions and then they took us back to the room to get me ready. Apparently I fell asleep half way through a sentence. And thankfully I don't remember anything. I do remember however, asking the Drug Doctor if I farted during the procedure. She laughed and said no. A little later I asked my nurse, Jen, the same question. Again she laughed and said no. So thankfully I had nothing to worry about, no farting for me :O) They were able to retrieve 14 eggs yesterday. This morning I got a phone call from Nina, one of the wonderful ladies at Bellingham IVF, she told us that 7 of them were put in a dish with Jake's sperm and 4 of them fertilized on their own. The other 7 were fertilized with a needle. Of the last 7, 5 of them were successful. So all in all we have 9 little embryos. Thursday the 31st, we will have 2 of those embryos implanted back and we will hope like crazy that it works. The other 7 we are going to have frozen for when we want to have another child. So all day yesterday I stayed at home, slept, and watched movies. I really wish I could have done the same today. But unfortunately it was off to work for me. And now, at 8pm, I am ready to fall asleep. I am off to watch another movie and go to sleep early today. I will try to update more often then I have been. Good night all.