I started reading up on IVF. From what I can see, there are a lot of needles involved. It seems I take hormone shots (daily) so that I will do something called "hyper ovulation"- my ovaries get hyper and release a bunch of eggs at once, instead of the monthly one. The thought of daily shots scared me, but as I read more, I realized that the needle I probably need to be afraid of was the giant one that the doctor will use to pierce my vaginal wall and "harvest" the eggs. I think harvest is a bad term. I would prefer "procure, remove, or even gather (although that one has some chicken connotations)". After they remove (harvest) the eggs, they put them in a petrie dish with sperm to get fertilized. Then they put the embryos (how many is up to us), back in my uterus with a ultrasound guided catheter. This requires a full bladder so that the picture is clear on the ultrasound. After the procedure, I have to lay (lie?) on the table for an hour. The obvious main concern is that I don't usually lounge around for an hour with a full bladder. I know, it seems silly, but I really don't want to pee my pants....or gown..
My feeling on the number of embryos implanted is this- we are not religious enough to believe that it's God's plan for us to have a brood of children and I'm not in the market for a TV show..I think 2-3 will be plenty.