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Amy Schumer gets high on laughing gas during egg retrieval surgery


She’s been sharing her IVF journey over the past few weeks. 

And Amy Schumer revealed on Monday that it was egg retrieval day.

The 38-year-old took to social media to share both her journey into the clinic and hilarious videos of herself speaking about her lost hat and having the best day ever while coming off her anesthesia.  

Always getting the laughs! Amy Schumer took to social media on Monday to share various clips of herself high following her anesthesia following her egg retrieval surgery

Always getting the laughs! Amy Schumer took to social media on Monday to share various clips of herself high following her anesthesia following her egg retrieval surgery

‘Am I still wearing my hat?’ she questioned drowsily while her husband Chris Fischer filmed. 

When he replied, ‘No,’ Amy appeared less than impressed. ‘Well, where did it go?’ 

‘I want my hat back on,’ she insisted. 

In her own world! 'Am I still wearing my hat?' she questioned drowsily while her husband Chris Fischer filmed

In her own world! ‘Am I still wearing my hat?’ she questioned drowsily while her husband Chris Fischer filmed

Another clip had Amy speak about having the best day ever. The video was captioned, ‘Let me be your life coach.’ 

‘We can sit at the bar, get a couple of drinks,’ she began with her eyes closed. 

‘We just had a blast today!’   

Ahead of her laughing gas fiasco, the 38-year-old took to social media to share her hospital look. 

Next step: Amy Schumer shared a photo of herself on Monday morning in her hospital gown ahead of the egg retrieval surgery

Next step: Amy Schumer shared a photo of herself on Monday morning in her hospital gown ahead of the egg retrieval surgery 

Amy was dressed in a forest green hospital gown and a hair net over her head. 

She completed her look with warm socks and a pair of $130 Russell Westbrook Nike basketball shoes. 

The comedian was makeup free and appeared ready for action. 

Amy shared a video on social media while on the way to her appointment stuck in traffic. 

‘Retrieval day. Thank you @russwest44 @everymomcounts,’ she captioned. 

Honest: Amy has continued to be very open and raw regarding her journey

En-route: Amy shared a video from the car with her husband Chris Fischer while they were on their way to the clinic

En-route: Amy shared a video from the car with her husband Chris Fischer while they were on their way to the clinic 

Amy sat in the passenger’s seat while Chris drove and they patiently waited behind a garbage truck.  

‘So we are on the way to my egg retrieval and we are very much stuck behind a garbage truck,’ she narrated sleepily. 

Chris chimed in: ‘Stuck is a judgement,’ and confirmed they had been stuck for 15 minutes. 

Amy, who was makeup free and dressed in a hoodie went on to showcase the truck putting in an unwanted sofa. 

'Retrieval day'! Amy was makeup free and in a grey hoodie for the appointment

‘Retrieval day’! Amy was makeup free and in a grey hoodie for the appointment 

Stuck! 'So we are on the way to my egg retrieval and we are very much stuck behind a garbage truck,' Amy narrated sleepily

Stuck! ‘So we are on the way to my egg retrieval and we are very much stuck behind a garbage truck,’ Amy narrated sleepily

The beauty confessed last week that she was freezing her eggs in order to give her son a sibling. 

‘I’m a week into IVF and feeling really run down and emotional,’ she began captioned a photo of her bruised stomach. 

‘If anyone went through it and if you have any advice or wouldn’t mind sharing your experience with me please do. My number is in my bio. We are freezing my eggs and figuring out what to do to give Gene a sibling. ❤️’  

A follow up post had Amy lie down in the doctor’s studio during an appointment.

‘Thank you ladies and a few gentleman. We are gonna freeze embryos hopefully,’ she penned. 

Doing it for Gene: The beauty confessed last week that she was freezing her eggs in order to give her son a sibling

Doing it for Gene: The beauty confessed last week that she was freezing her eggs in order to give her son a sibling

‘I learned to eat salty food after and drink Gatorade. Ice the area. Take arnica and put arnica on the bruises. To be patient and kind to myself and that there are sooooo many of us willing to be there for each other.’ 

She ended with: ‘Your stories helped me more than you can imagine. I feel incredibly lucky. I’m really hoping this works and staying positive. Much much love!’ 

Amy welcomed her first child, Gene, last May, following a very difficult pregnancy. 

She suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum which saw her endure daily bouts of vomiting so bad they left her often bedridden and dehydrated, and at times hospitalised.

Amy also suffers from endometriosis, which therefore led her to undergo a Cesarean section when welcoming her son.  

Speaking on Dr. Berlin’s Informed Pregnancy podcast, Amy said: ‘I was throwing up through the whole first hour of my C-section. It’s supposed to take about an hour and a half or something but mine took over three hours because of my endometriosis.’

Leaving nothing a secret: Amy has been updating fans throughout her IVF journey

Leaving nothing a secret: Amy has been updating fans throughout her IVF journey 

Not an easy ride: Amy welcomed her first child, Gene, last May, following a very difficult pregnancy

Not an easy ride: Amy welcomed her first child, Gene, last May, following a very difficult pregnancy

The comedian was also very upfront about her struggle with hyperemesis gravidarum, which she shared via social media.

In a bid to make life easier for other moms, she also recently talked about how she decided not to breastfeed her son.

Speaking on the Informed Pregnancy and Parenting podcast, she said she couldn’t get her son to latch on, so tried pumping her milk.

‘I wanted him to get the colostrum,’ she said, referring to the antibody rich substance a mother makes shortly after birth.

‘We had a lactation expert come over. He didn’t latch and I just didn’t feel that push to make that happen. Then I pumped for like the first month. Then I was like, ‘Not for me.’ This is not for me and I didn’t want to do it.

‘Some people just absolutely love it and I’m so happy for them, and it was just bumming me out. But then I was also kind of proud doing it and whatever and getting him the milk and stuff. Then once it occurred to me that I could stop. I was like, ‘I’m going to stop’ … And then, every week what I did was just took away one session of the pumping.’

How does IVF work?

In-vitro fertilisation, known as IVF, is a medical procedure in which a woman has an already-fertilised egg inserted into her womb to become pregnant.

It is used when couples are unable to conceive naturally, and a sperm and egg are removed from their bodies and combined in a laboratory before the embryo is inserted into the woman.

Once the embryo is in the womb, the pregnancy should continue as normal.

The procedure can be done using eggs and sperm from a couple or those from donors.

Guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that IVF should be offered on the NHS to women under 43 who have been trying to conceive through regular unprotected sex for two years.

People can also pay for IVF privately, which costs an average of £3,348 for a single cycle, according to figures published in January 2018, and there is no guarantee of success.

The NHS says success rates for women under 35 are about 29 per cent, with the chance of a successful cycle reducing as they age.

Around eight million babies are thought to have been born due to IVF since the first ever case, British woman Louise Brown, was born in 1978.

Chances of success

The success rate of IVF depends on the age of the woman undergoing treatment, as well as the cause of the infertility (if it’s known).

Younger women are more likely to have a successful pregnancy.

IVF isn’t usually recommended for women over the age of 42 because the chances of a successful pregnancy are thought to be too low.

Between 2014 and 2016 the percentage of IVF treatments that resulted in a live birth was:

29 per cent for women under 35

23 per cent for women aged 35 to 37

15 per cent for women aged 38 to 39

9 per cent for women aged 40 to 42

3 per cent for women aged 43 to 44

2 per cent for women aged over 44

 

 



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