On Monday we went in (Day 13) and my follicles were 1.4 on the left and 1.5 on the right, and lining was about 7 so it all seemed to be coming together. The universe seemed to be leaning toward "go" for this month, and I felt excited that all the visits and acupuncture wouldn't be wasted!
The next day, (Day 14) follicles were 1.8 and 1.9 and lining was 8 - ideal! I was positive that I had surged but my bloodwork revealed that my LH was still at 7.9 (up from 7.4 the day before). In my view, the surge probably happened sometime yesterday morning (post-bloodwork), so when my nurse suggested that I come in at lunchtime to give myself an HCG injection (Ovidrel) I obliged. I was planning a totally unmedicated cycle, but figured that with all the ups and downs this month, a little help to make sure that I ovulated made sense. It was not the most convenient thing to have to do, but at this stage it was the right thing to do.
Resumed acupuncture and had an appointment after work yesterday to prepare for this morning: INSEMINATION! It was very strange to have my son there for the IUI - he normally amuses himself in the exam room by pushing the little stool around while we wait for the doctor. Today, the doctor came in and sat on the stool. We thought that the little guy was upset because he thought the doctor was hurting me, but we soon desiphered his 20-month old word as being "stool" - he was upset that the doctor was sitting on the stool, not that he was jabbing metal objects into my vagina. Fair enough.
The IUI was more uncomfortable than I remember it being - but overall it went fine. The doctor told us we should come in tomorrow for a second one, but we are going to just leave it at the one and hope that it is enough. It was a strange and somewhat irrational decision, but my partner and I had the same gut feeling about it so we went with it. As parents, we do this all the time and find it the only reliable source of direction most of the time. (Factors in the decision range from wanting a morning to just go to work without an appointment first, to the fact that we only have limited quantity of the sperm we used for our son)
So now we wait. Acupuncture yesterday and in two days to assist with implantation, and hopefully we get good news on Christmas morning!
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