Things are going well!
My 24 follicles are freaking huge.
Or, FRIGGIN’ HUUUUUGE if you’re Mike Meyers doing that skit he used to do on Saturday Night Live about the store that sold only Scottish things ("Yessire, that switer comes in tree sizes: wee, not so wee and FRIGGIN’ HUUUUUGE!!")
So, anyway.
I’m on fluid restriction since yesterday because apparently my follicles will absorb all of the liquid I drink and just EXPLODE in a big watery mess. Okay, the doctor didn’t tell me that, I’m just assuming because when I drank too much the other day I felt swollen and bloated and like I was about to explode. But this is not a complaint.
I’m happy to have the 24 monsters growing inside of me. They’re getting to be big girls now, almost ready for training bras and a good sex ed book!
I’m just thirsty…and on St. Patty’s Day? No green beer for moi. But I’ll live.
But seriously, they were all about 15 – 16 mm yesterday, so tonight is the trigger shot.
Retrieval is Sunday. Transfer is next Friday.
Sweet Lord in Heaven, this is really happening.
And as for the premier of My Big Fat White Tummy, I swear I will put it up this weekend. It’s just not as simple as plugging the video camera into my computer and downloading the damn thing to You Tube. Noooo. That would be too easy.
I actually have to edit out my sister’s damn dog (and her damn Donald Trump impression, which was funny at the time but now a total pain in the ass) and, if I’m lucky, some opening shots of the Great White Terror, aka my belly.
So if I can figure out how to do that in the next day or two, I’ll let you know.
Until then, I’m off to daintily sip a tiny bit of Gatorade, making the 1 liter bottle last me all day.
Whoa! Like, totally awesome, Watson!
This will all be worth the beer-less hell you’re currently in. But then you already knew that.
Best of all possible luck on that retrieval and transfer.
Great God of Follies, Watson! That’s a nice amount. I know with 3 or so I feel uncomfortable… Girl you must be feeling HEAVY! But it’s all great news. I’m so excited for you.
Keep us posted (and laughing).
Your ovaries rock. They seriously know how to make eggs. Can you please have them talk to my ovaries and fill them in on makin’ eggs.
I hope the fluid restriction wards of OHSS.
That all sounds great! Good luck for retrieval tomorrow – hoping to hear reports of lots of mature eggs.
And hope to see your vid up soon – it does sound a little more complicated.
Bea
Nice responding. Good luck with the retrieval and looking forward to the video.
yay!!! good luck for a fantastic retrieval!!
(and glad you are taking the fluid thing to heart. i didn’t and the OHSS was not fun. gatorade, rest, and high protein foods helped a ton.)
can’t wait to hear all the good news yet to come!
Sounds good! This is exciting! Good luck!!!
Sounds like a wondeful crop you’ve got there, good luck for Sunday.
Btw my docs say gatorade is not the thing, the best balance of electrolytes is in pedialyte, so try that if you’re getting worried after EC.
Good luck hon!!! I will be right behind you… at some point (am snowed in today so am missing my monitoring) anyway! 🙂
I didn’t know that restricting fluids NOW would make OHSS go away before it came… weird. Makes sense though.
YAY!!! I’ll be thinking of you tomorrow hon…
That sounds like a great response! Hope it’s not too uncomfortable. Well, drink your gatorade and good luck tomorrow!
24 follicles! Hot damn! Good luck tomorrow–I’ll be thinking of you.
Wow it seems like this went fast!
Glad your ovaries have decided to do some work… and quite well, too!
Will be thinking of you. Good luck!
I wish you luck and success with this cycle. I recently have discovered your blog and it is wonderful. Great reading and learning how to cope with people around you while dealing with infertility (husband and I are embarking down that path).
Sweet Mother of God Watson! When you do something you sure go big. I felt like a giant water filled balloon with just 4 follicles … you are my hero!
Looking forward to hearing all about the retrieval.
Thinking of you today, and hoping that everything goes well. And that you’re much more comfortable very soon.
xo
Good luck today. 24 follies is amazing. Here’s hoping you get 24 mature lovely eggs.