Darrell & Sharyn

Even the RE and the nurses are hopeful. We had a great stimulation.

We have 3 follicles that are mature. Possibly another 2 might make it, but highly doubtful.

Our sperm count today was 41 million! That is 2.5 times more than last time!

My hopes are up. RE’s hopes are up. Nurses hopes are up. Darrell still remains optimistic. 🙂

We now have the 2 week wait ahead of us. Luckily, we have a few things planned this weekend and then we have Thanksgiving next week. Plus my work has been really busy, so I have been working a ton!

We find out the results the day after my birthday. I am still trying to debate myself as to whether I want to do an hpt on my birthday to find out, or if I want to wait the extra 24 hours. Decisions, decisions.

I took my last shot of menopur last night. Of course, the last shot was the one that hurt the most huh?

Went in to Fort Worth this morning. We are good to go. The doc measured 3 follicles: 20, 18, 18. There were some others on the right side, but she doesn’t think they will ovulate.

So Trigger shot tonight. We go in for the IUI on Friday morning. Which means that we should know whether or not it works by Dec 2.

Fingers Crossed.

I drove to Ft. Worth this morning for my ultrasound. I had my fingers crossed that we would see some good numbers and things wouldn’t look hopeless for this cycle.

The appointment started about half an hour late. Seems to be a lot of women doing cycles right now. Gotta love the holidays!

I have 4 good sized follicles. 3 on the right measuring 14, 14, 13 and 1 on the left measuring 12. There are a lot of little ones around, but the RE only measures the larger ones. Which definitely makes the ultrasound nicer on the lady bits. 🙂

So we are looking at two more days of stimulation and then go back for another ultrasound on Wednesday. If the follicles continue to grow like they have been, the doc thinks we shall be triggering on Wednesday night and going in for the IUI on Friday morning.

Fingers crossed for Wednesday appointment!

Things are rough this time around.

I didn’t get any of the side effects the first two times around, but this time, the clomid is really kicking my butt. I have been so nauseous. Nothing I do is getting rid of the nauseousness. That means it’s working right? 🙂

So my hope has been that starting up the Menopur last night would help with the side effects. So far it has a little bit. I am still slightly nauseous, but it is nowhere near as bad as it has been.

So now we are just taking the meds and waiting until Monday morning when we have our next appointment. Hoping for good numbers, but not too good.