Down The Rabbit Hole

After a very stressful week of waiting, we went in this morning for an ultrasound to see how many eggs my ovaries had developed since starting my meds last week. Let it not be said that I don’t respond well to medication. I have ten - count ‘em - ten follicles, six in my right ovary and four in my left. Four of them are 14mm (they are ready to ovulate at 16mm) and two of them are 12mm. Our doctor said it was an “excellent response” to the medication, which, he also said, is the lowest dose that they give any of their patients. They drew some blood to check my estrogen levels, to see exactly how close we are to being able to trigger ovulation and do insemination, but it looks like probably Sunday or Monday will be the day. AND it looks like Hawk’s little soldiers will have at least four eggs to choose from, which is great because it enhances the odds by a lot. But hopefully not too much. Twins I can…deal… with, I suppose. Triplets not so much. But then again, beggars can’t be choosers. The odds for triplets are extremely low. Anyways.

Needless to say, I’m feeling much better. My ovaries seem to be in good working order, which is a huge relief. Our doctor said he believes it’s just “a matter of time” before I’m pregnant again. It’s just that it has been so long since I had a normal cycle that I was finding it very hard to believe that my system could get back in the swing of things. From the look of things this morning, it’s batting a thousand.