It's all in what you can't see...

So, insemination day. I didn't have Dr. Painful, so it went pretty well. (Dr. Painful has done it twice, and both times I've ended up curled up in pain for the rest of the day - I think he bruises my uterus or something). All in all, pretty positive experience today.

The thing that never ceases to amaze me is the "report card" that they give us on the sperm sample. Today was "we have 19 million very active sperm - they look really good". I feel good about that - 19 million swimmers - all ready to swim. Yeah, that gives me confidence.

Then I have the thought "how the hell do they know?". I mean...is this something they guess at and tell folks, or is there really some machine that can measure the number of microscopic swimmers? I get that a microscope can probably give them the info about their activity - but what in the world can count that there are 19 million of them there in that tiny vial?

So, if their claims are to be believed, we have 19 million swimmers and two eggs. The ratio there never ceases to amaze me...