Cycle 5, Day 11 - officially on drugs

I have the track marks, pill bottle, and now the injection. Am I a junkie or what?

After 4 natural cycles (trigger shot in 3 of them) I decided to go hard or go home. I thought a few tablets won't kill me, so what's the harm?

Day 3 I got my letrazole. I took 4 pills over 4 days and went to the doctor on day 7 to reveal 7 follicles! Since I don't want to be a TLC show, and I want a child not a litter, we agreed that I wouldn't take the last pill and we'd wait to see if/when the follicles started dying off.

I've read the blogs, and appreciate that too many follicles is not a terrible problem to have. But here's the thing: too many is just as bad as too few. It means the cycle will be cancelled, and no baby for me.

So I went on Day 9, and there were four follicles (thank god), lining was at 5, and things were looking good.

Then came day 11. There are still 4 follicles but my lining is 3.5! (Follicles are between 1.1 and 1.3) So in came the menopur shot.

I went to acupuncture that I would normally go to, and I'll go back tomorrow and hope that my estrogen and lining have bounced back.

Here's hoping day 12 is better than day 11.