This
morning was my first follicle measure for this month. They are still small, but that is to be
expected on day 10, as I usually ovulate around day 15 or 16. The one to keep an eye on is 1.5 cm and on
the right side, it needs to be about 2 before they will do the hCG shot. That is just one good size egg, which takes
some stress of twins off the plate, the rest of my eggs were under 1. The additional plus is that it is on the
right side, which is the opposite side of my rubber nub (polyp) in my fallopian
tube on the left side. All is well with
my eggs thus far.
Deb
came with me, but they wouldn’t let her in for the ultrasound, and the follow
up appointment was just to say my eggs were too small, and give me the measurement
of the eggs and say keep my ultrasound appointment for Wednesday. It was nice to have Deb there to wait with
for the appointments though. She is
coming to the next one as well, because that is when they will be giving
instructions on giving the hCG shot and she sort of needs to be there for that
as there is no hope on this green earth that I will be able to give myself a
shot. Deb has this vision of her running from the
other end of the room with the warrior holler as she runs towards me, then
stops right before injection and says “I can’t do it.” I have faith in her she will be able to do
it.
Acupuncture
has been going well, and I love chiro. I
had a double appointment on Saturday.
Chiro helps keep my stomach/digestion in check, as well as my hips. I don’t know how I did before chiro, it is
great. The meditation during acupuncture
is great, and I’m getting good vibes that it helps from the fertility
clinic. I don’t think they can
officially say people should do it, but they have responded positively that I
am doing it and have been for a few months.
The day of the IUI I will be going in for a pre and post acupuncture
appointment; which if my IUI is on Saturday might delay the road trip to the
states, but all for a good reason. I do
miss the massages, but I’m saving my coverage money for when I’m pregnant and
need them for my back or feet or to pamper my pregnant belly/body.
On a
side note, my crohn’s ultrasound went well.
I didn’t even need the contrast ultrasound because nothing is flared
right now. With nothing being flared
there is nothing to contrast, so no IV and a fairly quick, normal belly
ultrasound.
Very exciting that you're getting so close to your first attempt!
ReplyDeleteJen and I also did accupuncture on our successful cycles --not as many treatments as you seem to be doing (though my thought is that they can only help).
Good luck and keep us updated!
That's encouraging about you and Jen doing acupuncture on successful cycles. The main reason I've been doing the treatments so long is we were hoping to get our first IUI done before Christmas, so we started in October in prep of that, (And to use annual coverage on medical plans).
ReplyDeleteI go in for my next ultrasound tomorrow. It is getting very exciting.
Exciting!!! :D Best of luck this cycle!!!!!!
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