unbelievable

So they harvested 37 eggs yesterday. 37 of them.

All night last night I just kept saying it over and over to myself and to my husband. 37 eggs. I never expected that many, it's one of the highest amounts that my clinic has retrieved.

The fabulous embryologist did 19 of them ICSI-- 14 were mature, and 11 fertilized.

The other 18 were left for the sperm to find them on their own. 11 of them fertilized.

We have 22 embryos right now. OH MY WORD.

I can hardly believe it. It's such great news, with so many options for the future.

But of course, I can't help but be scared now. Because it's obviously not a problem of the sperm penetrating the egg, so is our problem with the embryo implanting? That's a problem that is not easily solved.

Today I'm just trying to be excited (and ignoring the pain).