This is a long one, but you will really feel my journey through this one.

1. Facing the Needle: My First Med Teach Session
2. Electrolytes & Exhaustion: What No One Told Me
3. Giving Myself Injections: A Real-Time Confidence Rollercoaster
4. Ultrasounds & Egg Growth: Tracking the Hormonal Changes
5. The Pain Kicks In: Hormones, Cramps, and Crunch-Like Soreness
6. Morning of the Procedure: Nerves, Gratitude & Last-Minute Changes
   In the Operating Room: Nerves, Gowns & Sweet Gestures
7. Going Under: The Sweetest Stranger & A Sudden Start
   Waking Up: The Pain, the Drowsiness, the Incoherent Texts
8. The Worst Pain Hits — And It Means It Worked
9. Salty Soup and Rest: The First Night of Recovery
10. I Canceled My Whole Week — and I’m Glad I Did
11. Alone in Recovery: Cravings, TV, and One Risky Adventure
12. Night Out, Sort Of: Dancing Through Hormone Fog
13. “Aren’t You Using Up All Your Eggs?” and Other Misconceptions
14. 32 Eggs Retrieved — Here’s What That Actually Means
15. All 32 Were Mature — Yes, Really!
16. Post-Procedure Breathing Problems: A Scary Turn
17. Surprise ER Visit: “There’s Fluid in Your Lungs”
18. They Drained a Can of Fluid Out of Me — Yes, Really
19. Official Diagnosis: OHSS, and What That Means
20. No Regrets: Why I’d Still Do It Again
21. Keeping It Private from My Dad: Family, Boundaries & Honesty

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