One Egg- One Basket

There is a saying about "putting all your eggs in one basket." Well, I only have one egg and I am putting all of my faith into it. One egg-One basket.

During stims, I had one dominant follicle. It was the only measurable one after 8 days regardless of all the increased medication doses. Honestly, I feel defeated. I knew my body wasn't capable of making tons, but ONE?!? I made more than that during TI and IUI! I don't know why this has happened and the doctor hasn't said so either.

After my day 8 checkin appointment, the nurse called me and said it was trigger night and egg retrieval is in 2 days. I was taken aback because I didn't expect this outcome. The nurse was surprised that no one had shared that this was an option- doing a retrieval for just one follicle. I thought they would cancel it before having this option. While I am glad I don't have to cancel it and have this all be for nothing, the pressure is on.

More retrievals is always an option, but I would obviously prefer not to need to do more. It would be an absolute miracle for this one follicle to produce this one egg. It'd be another miracle to have it fertilize properly and make it to a day 5 blast (properly developing embryo blastocyst). It'll be a triple miracle if the genetic testing comes back normal and even more so if it can implant and result in a healthy pregnancy and baby. There are a LOT of places where things can go wrong, but maybe, JUST MAYBE, it'll all go right. Hasn't enough gone wrong so far? Just in the past week, in addition to the less than stellar news, got hives on my stomach from one of the medications, knocked a vessel and have a big bruise on my tummy, and threw up the antibiotic they wanted me to take before surgery. It's time for something to go right! I'm praying for a miracle and a light at the end of this infertility tunnel.