Scan Update

Follies growing as they should – I have about 6 – 8 follies on the LHS and about 4 – 5 on the RHS (see lefties are over achievers ) all sitting at between 12+ and 13+ mm and my lining is (I have to say it myself) super at 10.5mm so all is moving along as expected.  Had 2 amps of menopur and 1/2 cetrotide today as well.

I am feeling my ovaries a lot more this time round – lots of aching and they get sore if I sneeze or cough, but I’m not complaining at all.  At least this way I know they are doing something.  And oh my hat, can a vet get excited about EWCM?  I don’t normally see this phenonmenan ever (thanks PCOS) so for me to have an abundance of the stuff is a HUGE deal. 

Other than that, still feeling all fine on the meds – no mood swings or funny business.  I just have to say that drinking 4.5 litres of water daily leads to a sad fact that you visit the loo A LOT… but if it helps keep the OHSS at bay (or lessen the symptoms of it if I do end up getting it) I’ll drink the ocean if I have to…

Scan again tomorrow!

What was I supposed to think?

One thing I can say about this cycle is that it is leaving me feeling exhausted – all the early mornings are not good for my constitution (I am a night owl, not a early morning budgie) and I went to bed reasonably early last night.  As normal, I turned my phone onto silent knowing that if for some reason anyone had an emergency that they could call on our land line to wake us up.  Well this morning I see that I have two missed calls from my cousin, Mark and a text message saying “I no longer have a girlfriend…”

My heart stopped – I love Cindy!  She is already part of the family and I could not believe that they had broken up, so at 05h30 in the morning I sent him a text explaining why I never called him last night and saying how sorry I was to hear the news and asking if he was OK and if there was ANYTHING I could do to help them… So I get a call at about 06h30 from him and I’m like a mother hen asking what happened and how is he etc… So he puts me in my place and says “Why are you assuming the worst?  All I said is that I no longer have a girlfriend…” and at that time about ten million pennies dropped – They had got engaged over the weekend!  Not broken up!  Commited and solidified!  Naturally I am super happy for them and told him that, but man, don’t I feel like an arse?

I guess that is one thing that I hate about infertility.  The fact that after being in this ringer for a while, one tends to think naturally of the worst that could happen… or is it just a human trait?? Perhaps it was the way he worded his sms and the fact that he called so late (about 23h00) to give the good news, but man, why did my mind automatically think bad news?  The fertiles in my family all got the engaged vibe immediately, but not Dumbass Sam…  Will I ever automatically look for the silver lining again?  I don’t know, but I sure hope so.

In other news, my follies grew like beans over the weekend!  Scan this morning showed 3 -4 follies on the left ovary sitting at between 18 – 20 mm and 2 or so on my right in the same growth range.  Lining is at 10mm and doc is happy with that.  Had some more drugs (cetro & menopur cocktail) this morning and back tomorrow for another scan to see if I can receive trigger shot tomorrow… Egg retrieval either Thursday or Friday!  Crikey Moses, this is real people!  Egg Retrieval!!!

Slow & Steady Wins the Race…

Today I was reminded of the story of the Hare and the Tortoise, you know the one where the hare is like the mouse that shouts “aireeba aireeba” but it too overconfident and eager and falls asleep and ends up losing the race to the tortoise who ran the race at a slow and steady pace? 

Why you ask?  Because my follies have decided that slow and steady wins the race…  Todays scan was ok – good actually considering that I am only on CD 11 of this IVF cycle… Lining was measuring at a nice healthy 9.5mm and I have two leading follies on the left measuring 12mm and two leading follies on the right as well also measuring 12mm…

…But I was kinda hoping for more?  Were my expectations too high?  It was just that after such a great response to the clomid (without the monster making an appearanc nogall) I was riding the high wave. Only to be dunked by today’s scan…  Lovely Doctor is happy cos as he so rightly said it is still early days yet.

So scan diagnosis is good… we’ll stick with good.

Had another 2 amps of menopur this morning, and have steadily aching ovaries so hopefully the other follies will be late bloomers and catch up.  Back bright and early tomorrow for another scan to check out the progress, if the leading follies are at 14mm, I start with cetrotide as well as the menopur until trigger for ER.

Just another day of slow and steady, cos this is one race I definitly want to win and will be doing my best not to muck it up by being too much of an eager beaver.

Have Follies – Will Grow

Well blow me down with a feather! 

My scan this morning was really good.  Despite the non appearance of the clomid monster, it seems that the meds did the work they were meant to do after all   My lining is at 5mm – remind me now we are shooting for approx 12 – 15 mm right? (moosh brain) – and I have 5 follies on the left and 8 – 9 follies on the right… they are sitting at various sizes but the leading ones are sitting at 10mm as of this morning  – Whoo Hoo Clomid!!! 

Soooo took my first 2 amps of menopur this morning and have another 2 amps to take tomorrow morning, then back for rescan on Friday to check my follies progress…

What a ride people!  Cannot wait to see what they have done on Friday – grow follies grow!!!!