This past weekend has been a whirlwind! When my RE agreed on Friday that I could be monitored by the hospital's facilities, he asked me to come in on Saturday for the ultrasound. The sign in time on the weekends is between 7-7:45am. For a night owl like me, that was pretty much the worst news possible. DH was kind enough to go with me for moral support since the idea of the dildo cam made me a little anxious. The ultrasound tech told me that she wasn't able to easily image my left ovary--it was behind my uterus, so she couldn't see if there were any follicles developing. When the nurse called later with the results, she mentioned that there were three reasonable sized follicles growing on my right ovary: two were measured at 14-by-something (the latter numbers I don't recall because I didn't write them down). She also mentioned my endometrial lining was at 4.4 mm, which concerned me a bit. The nurse didn't seem concerned, but she did ask me to return for reimaging on Monday. I was also informed later that day that my TSH levels that were tested on Friday were a bit high, so the doctor is putting me on a low dose (25 mcg) of Synthroid.
That evening, Spyro and I went to Progressive Formal, which is the social dance/party for the progressive law student group (although it's open to everyone).
My wonderful blowout got totally mangled by the humidity from all the sweating, dancing bodies in the room (including mine). If I had to sacrifice my blowout to be able to teach the group how to Dougie, it was worth it! We went to a local bar afterward to hang out with friends, then home way too late for someone who woke up so early that day!
On Sunday, we had the pleasure of going to the first birthday party of one of the sweetest little boys I know. I met his parents through the law school's couples association--his dad is one of my classmates and his mom was president of the organization. He is such a no fuss baby--rarely cries, gets along with everyone, usually smiling. I only pray I have a baby like that!
Happy birthday, Evan!
After our busy weekend, we went back this morning for reimaging. Waking up before 6am is definitely not my idea of a good time. Even more so because I am using a Clear Blue Fertility Monitor, which requires I POAS and put it into the monitor within a 6 hour time span that I set at the beginning of the cycle. The earliest I can do it is 7:30am, which meant that I had to PIAC and leave it on my bathroom counter until I got home. I know, gross. Squicky gross. The things we do for TTC.
Luckily today, the tech was able to image my left ovary. The nurse called and said that of the three follicles that were growing in my right ovary, the smaller two were no longer of viable size. But the larger follicle is now 20x19 mm. And my left ovary has a follicle that is now at 19x12mm. My lining thickened from 4.4mm to 5.1mm in just two days. Still no sign of ovulating yet since my OPKs are stark white, but I'm hoping that all the vitamins and other craziness will lead to the cushiest possible environment for this egg.
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend too. For those who are going through treatments, where are you at in the process?
