Follie Report

I've been calm about my chances of getting pregnant this entire cycle, probably because my thinking has switched from "can I get pregnant?" to "can I stay pregnant?"  I've also been religious about doing my meditations every night, and I'm sure that's contributed as well.  It's only been the last day that I've noticed any symptoms from the Gonal-F - more headaches, a little lower abdominal fullness and some irritability.

It was pretty busy in my RE's office this morning, but only one woman was there with her partner, the rest of us were alone. I like those mornings.  I didn't think I was nervous until I was sitting on the ultrasound table, and then I realized I was really afraid that we weren't going to see anything at all and this cycle would be canceled.

My ultrasound tech started with the right ovary, the one that is usually my workhorse that always produces the dominant follicle and usually all the other ones, too.  This time we only saw one little 12mm and two less than 10.  So we moved over the left, and I was shocked!  One 18mm, two 15 and 5 less than 10!  That's more than I've ever had, and if you do the math, actually more than my antral follicle count (of 7) suggested I'd get.  I'm so relieved; with my less than stellar response to Clomid and then to Femara plus lower dose Gonal-F, I was afraid that if I do have to move on to IVF, I won't get enough follies to be able to complete a cycle.  Now I know I will - if it comes to that.  The last good news is that my lining is a ripe, juicy 10, so I'm all good to go!

Libby called me a little while ago to let me know that my RE wants me to take my last Gonal-F injection tonight (conveniently, it's also the last I have in the pen).  I'll trigger tomorrow night and have my IUI on Monday morning at 10:30.  Two week wait, here I come!