Dearest Baby Darling,
Mummy had again cleared another challenge today. Today was the egg retrieval day. Prior to that, mummy was so nervous and worried about it as mummy has never had a surgery done previously. Mummy did not know what to expect.
After reaching KKH, the nurse who attended to us was very friendly. She asked us some routine questions and brought mummy to the changing room. After changing into the operation gown, mummy went to the waiting area in the operating theatre room. A nurse called out to mummy and the anaesthetics doctor was asking mummy a few routine questions to distract mummy from the poking of needles.
After it was done, mummy went back to the waiting area to continue waiting. Mummy waited for quite a while before the nurse called mummy. The nurse ushered mummy to go into the operation theatre. Mummy lay down on the bed. The operation theatre wasn't as scary as what mummy had expected it to be but it was extremely cold. After lying down on the bed with my knees curled up, the anaesthetics doctor put on the oxygen mask for mummy. Mummy was breathing calmly. Suddenly mummy felt the urge to cough but didn't know what to do with the oxygen mask. The anaesthetics doctor was right behind mummy and warmly asked what mummy wanted. I was so glad that he was there. After helping mummy to take out the oxygen mask, I tried to cough and the anaesthetics doctor suggested that it would be better for me to sit up and cough. After coughing, the doctor helped me to put back the oxygen mask and I continued to breathe calmly again. I was looking around the operation theatre and finally saw the time at 11 am. At this moment, Dr Tan HH came in and asked me, "C, your husband is waiting for you outside, right?" and I replied, "Yes." Soon after the anaesthetics doctor started injecting the sedation drug and with less than 3 seconds, I totally knocked out.
When I woke up, I was already on the bed at the recovery area. The anaesthetics doctor started talking to me but I wasn't sure what he was trying to say because I was still simply in a daze. All I felt was the menses-like cramp at the abdomen which I dreaded the most. I asked the nurse, "how long was I inside?" The nurse replied, "5 minutes." I asked the nurse again, "is it normal to feel cramp?" She replied, "yes and we had given you painkiller already."
The next few minutes on the bed was terrible. I was hoping hard that the painkiller took its effect soon so that I didn't feel the cramp that much. I tried to sleep but the bed was tilted too high that I found it hard to sleep. Luckily, by God's grace, the painkiller took its effect and slowly, I didn't feel the cramp on the left side and then the right side.
I was feeling drowsy and I closed my eyes to catch some sleep but I couldn't. I got no choice but to call for the nurse to assist me in lowering the bed. Not long after, a nurse came to give me hot Milo to drink. After drinking, I asked the nurse to lower my bed even more.
I opened my eyes and a nurse came to me and I asked her what the time was. She told me it was 1.45 pm already. She held me up and assisted me to the changing room to get changed. After I came out of the changing room, she asked me if I had urinated and I said no. She asked me to urinate first. After getting back to her again, she sat me down and went through the Dos and Don'ts and what to take note of. She also told me that the number of eggs retrieved but couldn't provide me the number of mature and fertilised eggs at this present moment. She concluded that I had quite a number of eggs retrieved and she was a bit worried that I might suffer from OHSS.
The egg transfer is scheduled on Thursday. Dr Tan HH will then see me and notify me on the number of mature and fertilised eggs and see if I'm ready for egg transfer.
Baby Darling, throughout this whole journey thus far, I thank God for letting me have a safe, smooth experience so far. I thank God for giving me all the strength and courage that I need to clear all the tests. I also want to thank daddy for always being there for mummy. I want to thank you too for being there and stay strong with mummy till you come out to see the world. I want to thank mummy's boss for allowing me to MIA for so many days. I want to thank mummy's colleagues for covering my duties during this period of time.
