Waiting for egg retrieval part 2!

After taking minimal stimulation drugs the past week or so, we're now waiting for the schedule of when we can do egg retrieval. Hopefully we get at least 3 eggs and fertilize them. 

I thought that since we were doing minimal stimulation, there won't be side effects the way that traditional IVF patients report having. Turns out the side effects are definitely still noticeable and still quite substantial, to my surprise. I can't imagine how conventional ivf protocols feel at the stimulation period if I already feel like this under minimal stimulation. I'm so bloated and I feel my ovaries are so heavy. There's a strange heaviness that I carry around all day and the doc says that's because of the multiple eggs growing. I am also more irritable and prone to flaring up -- which if you know me well, you'd know is not my nature. I also feel really warm, which is made worse by not being able to drink cold drinks or eat ice cream, as prescribed by my acupuncturist. 

Oh well. I'm just complaining uselessly. The truth is, all this is acceptable and accepted in our quest for Baby Chan :)

Wish us luck today!