I am very aware of my ovaries today. And I don’t know what hurts more, my ovaries or my wallet.
Had our next ultrasound today and we are getting closer to knowing for sure when the egg retrieval will be. The lead follicles are:
18, 16.5, 15, 15, and 13
And then I have a few more that are 11ish.
So now comes the decision. Will the RE have us wait a couple more days, possibly losing out on the largest follicles in an effort to see how many stragglers catch up? Or will she have us trigger tomorrow night? Part of me wants to be greedy because the idea of having only five follicles to work with makes me nervous. Especially since we ended up with eight eggs last time and, well, we know how well that worked out.
After all the emotions, pain, money, and the simple fact that this is round two and possibly our last shot at this, I’d hate to have less eggs this time around.
But the way I am feeling right now, so very aware of my ovaries, I’m almost hoping tomorrow we are done. I am not very comfortable right now. My sister made me feel better in reminding me that follicles will keep on growing, possibly even after the HCG shot. So that maybe by our retrieval, the stragglers will become contenders. This is a possibility. I might even eek out another contender or two by tomorrow since I’ve read that follicles will grow 1-3mm per day.
So there’s not much else I can do at this point but wait. I was lucky to be able to order only two vials of Menopur for tonight, rather than an entire box. And I have one last dose of Follistim for the morning. Let’s hope it’s go time!
Good luck . Remember : it only takes ONE good one !!!