Follies and E2

I had an ultrasound this morning - and was a little weirded out by the fact that I wasn't at all bothered by the dildo cam this time - it just seemed like a pretty normal way to spend a morning.

My lining looks great - 12mm (which means that if an egg fertilizes, it'll have a great place to implant and grow).  I had one nice follicle on the left (21mm), and several on the right: the largest was 23, and is probably my old friend Sam the Cyst, and then there was a 21mm and a 15mm.  I was really hoping for at least one on the left, as the only time I ever had a follicle on the left in the past was the time I got pregnant with Finn, so I left my appointment feeling pretty happy.

Based on the ultrasound, it looks like I've got two possible eggs to be released in a few days, so I was hoping for an estradiol level of 400, as it's expected that you'd have a good 200 for each mature egg.  My estradiol was only 202.

I don't know how hard and fast that rule is.  And I don't know if it's possible to have a couple of bum follicles that don't produce any estradiol, and one with a good egg that's producing just the right amount.  I'm going to hope and pray that it is possible, and that I have one good egg on the left.  If it weren't for that damn estradiol, I'd be feeling really optimistic right now.

My IUI is scheduled for 8:30 on Sunday morning. I'd been given instructions to take my trigger shot at 8:30pm tonight.  And then Finn fought sleep, so instead of being done with our walk at 830 as planned, we weren't done until 9:20.  And that's just because I gave up.  He's still awake.  At almost 10:30.  I have no idea what his problem is these days, but I'm at my wit's end with the sleep thing.  I cannot stomach the thought of doing cry it out, but it's starting to look like that might be the only thing that works. I don't mind walking for an hour if he'll go to sleep, but to walk for an hour and then have a child who is still awake at the end of the hour and cries if I put him in his crib, or try to sit and rock him is ridiculous. This is my least favorite time of the day.