Today is CD1. I will go in Friday at 8:15 for my CD3 ultrasound and bloodwork. There I will be told if it is ok to take the Femara, and if so I’ll take it CD3-7 most likely, but I suppose that could change. Then I’ll go in on CD11 or 12 for another ultrasound to see how I responded to the drugs, plus more bloodwork to see if I’m about to ovulate. If I’m not, then I’ll get a prescription for an HCG trigger shot that will cause me to ovulate within some time period (a couple of days, I think? not had to do that before, so unsure). After ovulation, whether induced or not, I will then wait for two weeks, if no period I will go in for a blood test to see if I am pregnant. If my period comes, then we repeat this process. We only have a couple more of these before moving onto IUI combined with the femara. There comes a point when I start to feel a little bit like a pin cushion.
I have this great fear of needles. When I was younger (say probably teenaged) I was told that when I am pregnant, I will get over my fear of needles. Plus, I will lose all modesty. Guess what? Both of these things get fast-tracked when you go through infertility. Case in point, I got more vials of blood taken on my first day at the RE’s office than the prenatal screening requires. So there’s the needle fear being faced. For modesty, well, I’ll spare that detail, but the pregnant women who read this blog know what I’m talking about with the ultrasounds… Not to mention procedures like the HSG.
Anyway, all is basically good around here. New cycle, a fresh start, another chance to see if we can make everything line up just so in order to create life.
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