No turning back now...

I am sorry that it has taken me so long to write this post today. I came home from the hospital in a lot of pain and went straight to bed with pain medicine. But, I am awake now and wanted to let you know how things went.

Over the last two days, I have been extremely worried that I ovulated and that they would go in this morning and find nothing to retrieve. I sat in the parking lot this morning pleading with God to let the eggs still be there. Rusty reminded me that we only need a few, so even if we had lost some, we would still be ok if there were a few left.

The experience itself was much better this time (other than a blown IV with a huge knot of blood on my left hand! ) The labor and delivery department has taken over the IVF department, so I had two great L&D nurses that were "kindred spirits." They helped put me at ease.

Last time, they wheeled me into the OR, moved me to the table and I began to get very anxious. It was so cold and bright with people moving all around, not explaining anything that was going on. Then I heard the anesthesiologist say, "They could have at least showed me how to use this machine before they make me come down here!" This was the person in charge of my life? Sheer panic set in. I tried to make jokes with the doctor about it being Easter Sunday and him doing a easter egg hunt, but he did not share my sense of humor and asked, "Is she going to sleep now?" The experience made me much more conscientious of how I took care of my patient's in c-sections. It reminded me to slow down and explain everything. If I do that for a living and I was scared, how scared women must be that have no clue what is going on!
Anyway, this time the CRNA came to see me before they wheeled me back and gave me some good drugs in the room. I was already drunk by the time we got to the OR and don't remember a thing after getting on the table! Much less stressful!

So, then I woke up in recovery and I asked the nurse, "please tell me there were a few eggs left." She laughed- "A few? You had 14!"

Praise God is all that I can say!!!!

So, I am home now and my sweet husband just went to get me some food. I am in A LOT more pain than last time, so I am praying that nothing is wrong. I plan on spending the day in bed with a heating pad and vicodin. Hopefully, I will be a new woman tomorrow!

As I write this, my little babies are being formed. It is finally starting to feel real! They will call us tomorrow AM and let us know how many baby Woolleys we have!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you for your prayers!