I love the term "big long thingo" hehe Much more my style of terminology!
Im actually suprised that its only a 2-3 day turnaround once they get the eggs... for some reason I had this idea in my head that it takes months
Im not a huge needle fan myself, but at the moment I dont really care. I think Id be happy cutting fingers off.
Id want to be awake for the egg removal I think.. I hate not knowing whats going on, even if its a bit "uncomfortable" as the doctors like to say.
The doc threw something around about ICSI (wasnt really listening, I heard "dead testicles" "IVF" and a few other words and then things began to swim... Im still remembering things he said) ... but the more Im reading, the more Im wondering how he could possibly know this yet without the SA results. Unless he is 100% sure that DH cant produce swimmers. Im stuck between irritated and scared now.
Do they implant more than one embryo? Im thinking Octomum and her 8 here Id love Twins if I was lucky enough but jeebus..no more that that at one time
Not to mention the cost is scaring me, we are just about ready to buy a house and now Im afraid its going to come down to a house or a baby.... the baby is always going to win, even if we have to rent till we die.
No worries, feel free to ask any more questions. It feels crap at the start, but before long you are trucking along and it's not as bad as you might imagine once you know a few details.
Basically if and when fertilisation occurs (usually observed the following day after the egg/sperm party) they give the embryos three to five days to develop. Depends on the clinic - many transfer at Day 3, but some clinics prefer to wait until they reach what is known as Blastocyst which is a more complex and developed embryo and this usually occurs around Day 5. The theory behind waiting until Day 5 is that it sorts the better from the poorer, but many people have success with Day 3 transfers anyway.
As for the egg collection - my wife had a rough go with her first, but she was bloated like a whale from the drugs because she is tiny and the drugs were readily absorbed and too effective (known as Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome), from which people bounce back fairly quickly generally. The second was much much better and took probably 30 mins and she wasn't more than a bit uncomfortable. The insertion of the embryos is a 5 minute job, no wrse than a pap smear apparently and generally they will repalce only one embryo, but sometimes two on agreement from you. Never any more than two. Don't worry about OctoMum, she's American and, well, yeah....
I'm not familiar with DH's situation, but if he is producing any sperm at all, they may be able to retrieve them doing a quick biopsy procedure at the same time as your egg retrieval. No guarantees that they would be useable though - but you're fertility specialist can guide you through that process. It may be that a donor is the only option, but cross that bridge when you get to it as obviously your DH and you have enough turmoil and upset to process at the moment.
Cost is a suck factor, no doubt. Depending on your clinic and if tehy charge what is considered by the Govt. to be reasonable fees, once you are about $1100 out of pocket you get 80% of everything back via Medicare. So even though a cycle used to cost us upfront about $7,000, we only ended up a couple of K out of pocket. Things have changed a bit since we did it (ie. new rules this year) but the principles are much the same.
Id love Twins if I was lucky enough but jeebus..no more that that at one time
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