Yesterday was my CD13 ultrasound and my fifth ultrasound this cycle. Well it's official I can drive to my RE's office with my eyes closed. Luckily I had the company of my friend Kristina again for the drive and appointment. It all goes by so much quicker having someone to gab with and pass the time, instead of stare at my GPS and comparing the actual time with the estimated end time. Which is usually painfully off.
We finally have our game plan in place! I'm pretty excited but scared as well. My ultrasound showed that yesterday the dominant follicle in my right ovary was up to 23mm and ready to ovulate. I had a bunch of small ones that were just chilling, pretty ordinary for women with PCOS. In my left ovary I had two medium sized follicles. I can't honestly remember their exact size but I want to say they were at the rang of 12 and 11. She is having me do two more shots of Follistim (last night and tonight) at the higher dose of 167IU. Along with some extras. Last night she had me do an injection of a medication that would keep me from ovualting. She wanted the other two smaller follicles in my left ovary to have a chance of catching up with the dominant one in my right before it ovulated on it's own. Tonight I will do my second and last dose of Follistim with my "trigger" shot (Ovidrel) to follow at 9:45pm. That way those smaller two get a little more time to super charge and catch up before they all ovualte 36 hours after my "trigger" shot.
My fear is this: That the other two won't catch up and only one will ovualte. Compared to last month that is devistating odds. I do have to tell myself that it only takes one to work. Dr. Chang seemed pretty convinced that two would deffinatly ovulate, but most likely all three will. I trust her instincts so completely that I haven't let myself give up hope, feel defeated, or any of my normal feelings. I trust her, and I trust God to lead us down the path for our lives.
Our IUI is schedualed for Saturday. That makes me SO happy. It is perfect timing for my work schedual (day off!) and it also leaves me at 12dpIUI on the day we get off the cruise. The day we did our BETA last month. I'm pretty pumped that this cycle has ended up streching out a bit longer. I really didn't want to find out on the ship. I want to be able to react and feel whatever I need to when we get those results. Not force myself to be happy or share our good news because I am stuck on a boat with everyone.
Dan is in a whole other world. He says that he just knows that this is our month. He hasn't even seemed to bat an eye at anything that could be considered negative news. He says that I will get pregnant this cycle and it's just a matter of us getting that positive BETA to confirm it. That's a lot of confidence when we haven't even done the IUI yet. lol! I envy that confidence and I honestly try not to think about it too much. After all who couldn't get excited over that positivity! He may just be trying to comfort me and if he is, it's working. Only time will tell and I hope more than anything he is right. Id love to be able to tell our kids "dad knew I was pregnant with you before I did! He's such a smart daddy."
I have a busy week ahead of me, a head cold, packing, lots of OT at work, and IUI, Injections, and then we head out for our honeymoon on Monday night! Halloween! I can't wait. I will post a follow up after our IUI bright and early on Saturday morning.
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