OH. MY. GOSH. I have spent the last 48 hours in a state of severe panic, anxiety, and distress. I had myself completely convinced last night that we had missed it. I had no doubt in my mind that we’d have to wait another month. I’m a little embarrassed to admit this, but I spent pretty much the entire evening crying (I’m going to blame it on all the crazy hormones that were injected & pilled into my body).
This morning was totally stressful.
It’s not often that you get to go to a doctor’s appointment that includes peeing in a cup, getting a shot, having blood drawn, AND having an internal sonogram. Ugh.
The sonogram revealed that my uterine lining was a little thin – 5.5mm when it should be at least 7-9mm. I started to re-panic that it would be canceled.
It also showed my follicles – I had 3 on the right side that were 27, 16, and 14.5mm, and one on the left that was 14mm. They count anything at 15mm or above to be a potential egg-releaser. If you have more than 4 mature follicles, they’ll cancel the IUI because of the high risk of multiples. So those numbers were good. The 27mm one is super mature.
Then they made us wait in a room for over 10 minutes while the nurses decided our fate. I’m so glad Darek came with me – in the past I’ve gone to most of these appointments alone, and it adds to the stress and isolation. Not many guys go to these; last time I brought him along the nurses completely ignored him. Today they actually addressed him though. It’s so nice to have him there. Also, he helps me remember things.
Then we finally got the verdict: It’s happening!!
They have us scheduled for 9:45am tomorrow morning. Apparently things are moving along so quickly that they’re doing it asap. (So, I wasn’t completely crazy last night.) I’m incredibly relieved that it’s happening first thing in the morning; I may not make it through the day otherwise.
The nurse gave me the trigger shot and sent us on our way with all the necessary information and a “good luck!”
We’re so excited. This is our first real shot at this.
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Woo hoo!!! YAY! Love you both!
This is great news! So glad Darek was able to go with you.
Yay!! Don’t forget to breathe! 🙂
I was hoping the follicle sizes would be 4 8 15 16 23 42.
WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Best of luck tomorrow morning, I’ll be thinking of you and praying for both of you. Love you lots!
Darek, can you please explain?
YAY! Good news! I personally am glad your follicle sizes were not 4 8 15 16 23 42 because then you and derek might get sent into some sort of weird time warp! Good luck!
Yipee! 🙂 Praying for you guys 🙂
yay!!! so glad your getting it done this month! then you can join me in the 2ww!!! btw; LOVE Lost, lol!!! i’ll check for your post tomm about how it went! good luck!