I had my usual ultrasound and blood work done this morning and it's left me feeling a little frustrated. Things seem to be moving much slower than they did last year when we were doing our IUI cycles. My left ovary didn't have any significant growth in the follicles. My right ovary did show growth in the follicles, but not much. The follicles on my right ovary were 11 & 14 mm which means I'll probably be back at CCRM on Saturday morning for another check. Grr...all these ultrasounds are getting really expensive! The total for today's appointment: $245.
The minimum follicle size for them to give me the ok to trigger ovulation is 18 mm, but the nurse I saw today (Helen) said that they might want to get me to 19mm since they are growing so slow. I wonder why this time is so different than last time. The different drugs perhaps? I guess with the stronger, more aggressive medication I assumed things would go more quickly and expected significant progress with each ultrasound. I guess that's just not how it works though. I almost feel like these injections aren't doing anything. I can't help but second guess everything. Are we doing it right? Are we wasting too much of the medication as we try and get the air bubbles out of the syringe every night before Andrew gives me the shot? Are they working like they're supposed to? I haven't had any weird side effects like I did last time on the Chlomed, and I sure don't see any "Wow!" producing results at all these appointments. But what do I know? I'm not the doctor. I just hope this slow and steady progress gets us to the desired end result. The Dr will be reviewing my blood results and ultrasound from this morning and then a nurse will call me this afternoon with further instructions for drug dosage and when to make my next appointment.
So nothing exciting for today's update. Still the same old story as of now. Hope to get some good news soon though. Hopefully I'll get to trigger and inseminate early next week. Until then, I'll just hurry up and wait.
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