Information Overload!

Last night I attended an IVF seminar at one of the clinics we're "interviewing". Being in Woodbury on a school night, Jason wasn't able to attend so my mom went with me; actually a perfect opportunity for her to gain more knowledge on what is to come...I'm definitely going to need her more during this!

Learning more about the process, the meds, the procedures, the risks and the costs...it was pretty overwhelming but so very helpful. It's unbelievable the technology they have to make this happen. The fact that they can extract your eggs from your ovaries and then take a single egg and a single sperm and inject it into one of your eggs is just amazing. I think if I were to go back and change careers, Science may have been a good one. Lord knows I know enough about fertility now and I could probably pass half the tests without taking one course. Hmm...Dr. Gretchen Barrett, MD, Embryologist - has a nice ring to it :)

My fears of the unknown have subsided a bit. Of course there is still much more detail as to my specific plan once we decide on a clinic and start the process. But at least now I know the drugs so I can research the effects, and I know the statistics of success and multiples, and I also how they retrieve the eggs, fertilize the eggs and freeze the embryos. It's like a little baby factory and I can't wait to be the next customer!

I am much more confident and maybe even a little bit more anxious to start. We have an appointment with another clinic in two weeks and after that, I think we'll be ready to make our decision on which clinic to go with.

One step closer....