It's over

So I had the retrieval this morning.

We had to be there at 5:00 am. So we left at 4:15.

I was nervous, which made time fly.

I got there and signed paperwork, basically saying 'yes i consent and yes i know whats happening' They did my IV..they got me in the sexy little hospital gown, hospital socks and put my hair up in one of those blue head net things. I was sexy alright, ha.

Then they came in, wheeled me down to the room, which scared me to death. I have never been in a surgical room. It had the big light over head, the scary table that made me feel like I was going to be crucified (the arms out to form a T) and all the equipment.

I can't really even remember anything else but that, I was so nervous. I came in and they told me they were going to give me warm blankets and I made a joke about 'good thing cause this room is freezing'. The anesthesiologist then told me he was going to start the anesthesia through my IV and I would feel sleepy. I then made another joke about snoring once i was out and they better not to post it on youtube. Then, I was out.

I remember waking up back in my room crying. I was crying, why was I crying, I don't know, but I was. They kept asking me if I was in pain and I said no, which was a lie, I was. The nurse came back in, gave me something for it and I started feeling great.

I was released 45 minutes later and slept the entire way home on Tim's shoulder.

I have spent the entire day since 8:00am in bed sleeping. Every time I get up I get dizzy and sick, so I have tried to avoid that. The nurse told me they took 9 eggs, 9 out of the 26, which was actually 28. They said they will be fertilizing them and the recipient mother will get them in 3 days.

Well that's it, that's my first time as a donor.