Day 9

So it's been an overwhelming 9 days.

Restarting fertility treatments after having a baby is very strange. I don't have the same fears and insecurities that I had the first time around. I know that I can do this - why stress?  Well...

Day 1 came and I had already been to a couple of acupuncture appointments so I was feeling way ahead of the game.  I went to the clinic on day 3 for blood and ultrasound, and then again on day 7, all the while continuing with acupuncture every few days.  Everything seemed to be on track and we were really looking forward to this appointment (day 9) because I tend to ovulate early in my cycle, so this one was going to be one of the "it's getting close" ones.

At today's appointment, I heard words I've never heard before: you might not ovulate this cycle. What?  Me?  I'm the girl who got pregnant on my totally unmedicated cycle! I'm the girl who can tell, down to the minute, exactly when I surge.  How could I not ovulate??  My estrogen is plummeting and my lining is thinning out, so there you have it.  Irrefutable evidence.  Ugh.

So I'll go back on day 11 and hope that the 1.4 cm left-side follicle shows them all who's boss and we salvage this cycle after all.  I was sick last weekend, so maybe that threw everything off?

Defeated, deflated, and disappointed.  Obviously ice cream will help.