So, my ovaries are officially being rushed along. I've been injecting and stimulating all week long and finally went in for my ultrasound today. Unfortunately Dr. Frozen Embryo was in surgery all day long so I had to get Dr. younger back up frozen embryo. He said my largest follicle was about 13 (13 what? not sure how you measure those pups) and that I had a few on both sides but he wanted for me to continue injecting through the weekend. Said they weren't large enough. Damn it...I told those ovaries to haul butt but apparently they slacked off a bit. So off to spend another almost $500 for more medication. Not to mention more blood and the ultra sound. If these things don't kick in this weekend I'm going to be seriously p.o'd. The plan this cycle is to go back in on Monday yet again (sigh) and see where we are at then. If all is good, I get a trigger on monday and then it's husband hunting season for me throughout the week. I've already forewarned mr. sushinut. For whatever reason dr. frozen embryo is still convinced we don't need the IUI or IVF and for the sake of my pocket book I'm not arguing. So we'll see where trying on our own with the assistance of the meds gets us.
Then later this evening I sat down and did the math and saw that it's only friggen CD 7 today. Meaning he expects to do the trigger on CD10 and I o'ing on CD 12 about. What's the big rush!!!! Geeez! I naturally don't ovulate until at least cycle day 16, sometimes 14 on a good month. Why such the hurry!???? Of course my follies aren't ready for crying out loud! But i guess they know what they are doing. Well the sooner we get to the two week wait the sooner we find out if all this hoopla is working. So I guess things are not so bad. Crossing my fingers that all these drugs do the trick. I've become a professional preparer of my injections, while mr. sushinut does the actual injection (just can't bring myself to do that). So I guess everyone was right, you pretty much get used to it.
Until then I'm hauling in the fertilitea (yup still drinking that...even though it's like friggen 100 out), full fat yogurt (I think someone had a question about this - full fat yogurt or any dairy product full fat is supposed to enhance fertility...or so I've read here), and staying away from caffeine. Here's to a greeeeaaaaaaat weekend.
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Found your blog at L&F. I was so sorry to hear about your recent loss. It sounds like things are moving along this cycle already.
A follie size of 13 is really big at CD7. Wow! It's always hard trusting doctors when we think we know our bodies - especially the ovulation factor. But, you're right - I'm sure he knows what he's doing!
The goal for follies, according to my RE, was to get them to at least 18mm. Anything less than that he considered "immature." They grow about 2mm per day. Not sure if this info helps you - but that's what you'll want to have at trigger time.
Good luck with this cycle and the follistim. (I loved it in comparison to clomid! And, my husband did my injections, too, because I was a huge wimp!)
Thank you adriane so much for this info! I was just wondering how big they really need to be. And the 2mm per day is great info as well. That means by monday that particular one should be over 18. I guess the goal was to have more than 1 over 18 then. So maybe I could have an "heir" and a "spare" if you will. Although how neat would it be to have twins. But I think that's getting waaaaaaaaaay ahead of myself right now. :)
Thanks again for the info!
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