breakfast for dinner with a side of nerves

Tomorrow is the big day.  I think I am doing pretty well.  Oddly enough the trigger shot was virtually painless... I hardly even felt it.  The dosinex on the other hand made me quite dizzy and nauseaus...but it is all for the greater good so I will take it!

I am really trying to tell myself not to worry about the retrieval... that it will be over quickly and that I will be loopy from the drug cocktail.  I am however nervous about the call from the clinic or what they like to call the fertilization report.  You see my eggs and my Husband's sperm have never met.  What if they do not get along... what if they do not like each other?  God I hope it is love at first sight and that they mesh effortlessly.

I cannot believe how real this is all beginning to feel.  I thought about calculating the number of injections that I have received over the past two months but then I thought that that would likely just freak me out so what is the point.  I suppose the point here is that we did it.  We got to this point.  Yes there were highs and lows, meltdowns and hormonal hysteria but we made it. 

So here I am, a walking, talking and feeling human egg incubator.  Thank you all for your positive thoughts and caring comments so far!!  Wish me luck!

....... Oh and did I mention that I will be eating pancakes for dinner?  I am not allowed to eat or drink past midnight tonight so I figured I mind as well just eat breakfast tonight... it is my favourite meal!

via Smitten Kitchen

Comments

  1. Smart idea! All the best for tomorrow. Thinking of you and hoping the sperm and eggies get on really well.

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  2. smitten kitchen is one of my all time favorite food blogs - maybe my all time favorite blog. i adore looking at pictures of her son. if Deb were here to cook be dinner, i'd be all for that :) Best wishes tomorrow. Praying all goes smoothly for both of us. <3

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  3. Woohoo, I am so excited for you!!!! I just know that his sperm will be smitten by your eggs and they will make lots of beautiful embies....and hopefully a ton for freezing. It is nice to have you one step ahead of me so you can give me the low down on everything. Good luck tomorrow and I will be thinking about you!

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  4. I love breakfast, too! I hope you have a bunch of mature, happy eggs and that they successfully match up with the right swimmers and make lots of good looking, chromosomally sound embryos, at least one of which decides to stick around to grow and thrive in you and then come in to this world a happy, healthy, live baby!

    (I believe in very specific visualization, can you tell?)

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  5. Good luck tomorrow!! It was a breeze. I ended up with 7.

    DeeJay

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  6. I love pancakes too! Good luck with your ET tomorrow!

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  7. I will be thinking of you and hoping all is going well. You will do great!! Btw - those pancakes look great!

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  8. I'll be thinking of your tomorrow. I'm hoping everything goes smoothly and feels painless for you. And also hoping for love at first sight between your eggs and your husband's swimmers.

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  9. Mmmmm pancakes! Good luck tomorrow :)

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  10. Love that you had pancakes for dinner!
    Good luck tomorrow!

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  11. I had pancakes for dinner every night last weekend!! It's my favourite :)

    Good luck with the retrieval!!!

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  12. Hey you, good luck today!! It's all good. Remember I have psychic powers. Please keep us posted. We are thinking of you here at work today. Hugs.

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  13. Those pancakes look delicious! Thank you for your comment on the post about my grandfather, you're so kind. My heart goes out to your husband's grandfather and your family. Good luck today!

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  14. AshleyIzsak, your Breakfast-for-Dinner post is a culinary triumph! Your vivid descriptions and mouthwatering photos invite readers into a world where chaos and deliciousness collide. A delightful ode to the joy found in simple, hearty meals. Bravo!

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