Ultrasound
Apr. 5th, 2006 07:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
judecorpHappy 04/05/06! I had fun writing that all day long at home visits.
I went in this morning for my mid-cycle bloodwork and ultrasound and although I was dragging ass because I got about three hours of sleep, all I can say is, "Viva la monitoring!" I say this because I'm not sure I'm getting reliable results from the fertility monitor - possibly because it hasn't gotten used to me yet and possibly because I've been having a hard time not peeing earlier in the morning and using up all of that first morning urine. Who knows?
I went in and they took blood to do an estradiol check and then I had the ultrasound to check for mature follicles. Just in time - I had one follicle measuring 19mm and another at 13mm, so at least one is totally ready to go. My nurse called later today and told me that I should shoot myself up with the hCG trigger shot tonight around 10pm for an IUI at 10am on Friday. I'm so nervous! I've never had to give myself an injection before.
I'm also nervous that I will ovulate before Friday morning and will end up inseminating too late. I know that they say that hCG triggers usually cause ovulation around 36 hours later but I've read that it can be as early as 12 hours later. Because the follicle is already a mature size, I'm worried that it's already ready to go, even though I haven't even read "High" on my monitor. Also, today I have had a lot of EWCM. Yikes!
What's even CRAZIER is that I'm having mature follicles and EWCM on CD 14! My cycles just keep getting more and more normal. I guess there really IS something to these drugs. My body is, like, actually /working/.
So everything is all set to go on Friday morning! Jen is switching her work schedule so that she is opening instead of closing (sad because I don't like when she closes, but happy because she can come with) and I originally was going to go into work after the IUI but decided I would try to call out entirely and take it easy all day, thinking good babymaking thoughts. I cancelled all of my visits and have decided to try not to stress about productivity. Hopefully I can convince Jen to knock boots with me that morning for extra luck!
I went in this morning for my mid-cycle bloodwork and ultrasound and although I was dragging ass because I got about three hours of sleep, all I can say is, "Viva la monitoring!" I say this because I'm not sure I'm getting reliable results from the fertility monitor - possibly because it hasn't gotten used to me yet and possibly because I've been having a hard time not peeing earlier in the morning and using up all of that first morning urine. Who knows?
I went in and they took blood to do an estradiol check and then I had the ultrasound to check for mature follicles. Just in time - I had one follicle measuring 19mm and another at 13mm, so at least one is totally ready to go. My nurse called later today and told me that I should shoot myself up with the hCG trigger shot tonight around 10pm for an IUI at 10am on Friday. I'm so nervous! I've never had to give myself an injection before.
I'm also nervous that I will ovulate before Friday morning and will end up inseminating too late. I know that they say that hCG triggers usually cause ovulation around 36 hours later but I've read that it can be as early as 12 hours later. Because the follicle is already a mature size, I'm worried that it's already ready to go, even though I haven't even read "High" on my monitor. Also, today I have had a lot of EWCM. Yikes!
What's even CRAZIER is that I'm having mature follicles and EWCM on CD 14! My cycles just keep getting more and more normal. I guess there really IS something to these drugs. My body is, like, actually /working/.
So everything is all set to go on Friday morning! Jen is switching her work schedule so that she is opening instead of closing (sad because I don't like when she closes, but happy because she can come with) and I originally was going to go into work after the IUI but decided I would try to call out entirely and take it easy all day, thinking good babymaking thoughts. I cancelled all of my visits and have decided to try not to stress about productivity. Hopefully I can convince Jen to knock boots with me that morning for extra luck!
