Tuesday, February 3, 2015

'The 'pick up'

For most people, a pick up alludes to the end of a romantic evening of 2 people interested in each other maybe just for a night or who knows what could happen technically.It could move on to be something beautiful. In  the IVF world a pick up is more of a colloquial way of calling the egg retrieval. Somehow pick up makes it seems less technical. Sort of picking up someone and dropping them of at the airport. Here its the eggs being picked up and taken to the lab and  then mixing  them up sperm to form beautiful sperms. 
I was given strict instructions,nothing by mouth after 12 pm till after the procedure. At 8 30 i was at the clinic where Reshma and Sujatha whisked me away to change into my gown and finish all the paperwork. Sweetly Sujatha got me hooked up to IV and sweetly said.. don't worry this is all that's going to hurt. Next thing you know you will be back here and wondering what happened. She couldn't be more right. I headed to the freezing OR and as i was being strapped on by many things i fell asleep. Next thing i wake up in the resting room slightly dizzy excited to see* b there waiting for me.For the next 2 hours i just took it easy with *B giving me sips of water every now and then. I was good to go in a few hours after i visited the bathroom and the doc and nurses  had seen to it that i was good to go. there was slight cramping and uneasiness the whole of the day but nothing super painful. I am on leave today as well. Thought i would take it easy! I deserve it.. to relax and rejuvenate

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