compartmentalize, into what is a priority right now, and right now. eventually, i started to freeze embryos while we figured out what we wanted to do. you have to start with being on birth control for a month before you even start the process. you re getting blood work done. you are getting ultrasounds daily with that blood work to make sure they re monitoring the number of follicles that are developing. you re giving yourself shots. it is a commitment. and it is a lot. my first one was over 25 eggs and literally the next day 18 fertilized and literally it kept getting cut in half. i had four embryos. and we decided to okay, we ll freeze for now, and we ll come back and just sort of figure out what we wanted to do. we both knew that we still wanted children.
right now. we eventually decided to freeze embryos while we figured out what we wanted to do. you have to start with being on birth control for a month before you even start the process. you are getting blood work done. you are getting ultrasounds. daily, with that blood work, to make sure they are monitoring the number of follicles that are developing. you are giving yourself shots. it is a commitment, and it is a lot. my first yield was over probably, over 25 eggs. literally the next day it was only 18 fertilized. and literally, it just kept getting cut in half. i ended up with four embryos, and so we just decided to okay, we will freeze for now. and we will come back, and sort of figure out what we wanted to do. we both knew that we still want to children. and, we still wanted our own genetic children.
it honestly was not as bad as i thought it would be. first things first, you go to the doctor and you get your blood work done. then once you get your test results back, you start the process of giving yourself shots. let s do this. for 7 to 10 days, i gave myself three injections, by the ninth day my follicles had grown large enough that the eggs inside were ready. then one of my friends gave me the trigger shot. once you take the trigger shot. you go in for the surgery. i am about to head in for the retrieval. so wish me luck. i have gone through two different cycles of egg freezing. the first time i had 14 mature eggs. and then this time i had eight mature eggs. as somebody who doesn t like to
compartmentalize thinking about what is the priority right now? right now. we eventually decided to freeze embryos while we figured out what we wanted to do. you have to start with being on birth control for a month before you even start the process. you re getting blood work done. you are getting ultra sounds daily with that blood work to make sure they re monitoring the number of follicles developing. you re giving yourself shots. it is a commitment. and it s a lot. my first yield was over probably over 25 eggs. literally the next day was, okay, only 18 fertilized. literally it kept getting cut in half. i ended up with four embryos and so we just decided to, okay, we ll freeze for now. and we ll come back and just sort of figure out what we want to do. we both knew that we still wanted children. and we still wanted our own
and then once you get your test results back you start the process of giving yourself shots. let s do this. for seven to ten days i gave myself three injections. by the ninth day my follicles had grown large enough that the eggs inside were ready. then one of my friends gave me the trigger shot. once you take the trigger shot, you go in for the surgery. i am about to head in for the retrieval, so wish me luck. i d gone through two different cycles of egg freezing. the first time i had 14 mature eggs, and then this time i had eight mature eggs. as somebody who doesn t like to believe that my fertility is dwindling every year, my body really is changing the older i