Today was my first appointment to gauge how the stimulations are doing. Getting my blood work done was not so fun. Note to self: stay hydrated before getting blood taken. My veins were rolling and the first nurse could not get the needle in my vein. The second nurse was able to get it after some 'digging' which made me want to be sick. Usually I have great veins and there are no problems. Well, I take that back. When I was the ER a few years ago my vein rolled after they put an IV in and I wanted to yank it out. Other than that my veins are good! he he.

After blood work came the ultrasound. Right ovary was the star with 10 follicles ranging from 6 - 9 mm. The left ovary had 6 follicles ranging from 3 - 7 mm.  It is normal to have one ovary dominate.  Each follicle is measured individually in width and documented.  They will get much bigger, at least 12 mm.  This is all on schedule and looks good including a beautiful uterine lining happy to say.  None of my meds need to be changed up to this point.

This is not a picture of my ultrasound but pretty much what it looks like.

There was a number I was given to call and retrieve the message from the nurse. My own personal voice mail  system.  However, for some reason when I called the number they gave me, it went to a live answering service.  The operator knew nothing of a voice mail system so they paged my doctor. She called me back to deliver the news of maintaining the stimulations as is. Why is nothing easy with this office? Not sure.

Happy to report my visit went well. My next appointment is on Wednesday at 9 a.m. for the same routine. Then again on Friday and Saturday.  Saturday we will be able to pinpoint the retrieval date of either Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday of next week. Exciting!

Lots of love,
Lauren