Update

We've got one weighing in at 16.5. We are going to do two more days (tonight and tomorrow night) of 100 IU of FSH and then an ultrasound on Thrusday. Looking good though!

Turns out...

it might have been the flu. So, I got into work today to find out that 4 other co-workers had gone to bed Friday night feeling fine only to wake up to run to the bathroom. Sounds like the symptoms are all similar and the duration it close. I still have some rumbles in my belly but nothing too bad. A few of them even went to the doctor who said a 20-72 hour flu was going around. Hmmmmmmm.....

Today we have an ultrasound to check on follie growth. Fingers crossed!

Update CD11 U/S

Well, what to say? I wrote earlier today about three possibilities that could come from our u/s. The three options have, as this exact science seems to do, changed to four. Our follicle that was around 13mm on Tuesday is now probably around 9mm. WHAT?!?! They aren't supposed to shrink!!!!

Well, S’s E2 came back in the 160s, which is pretty good. They found another follicle in the left ovary that is growing (was about 6mm on Tues and is now 9mm). NP thinks this is what is putting off the E2 and so is upping our dose of FSH from 100 to 150. We are scheduled for an u/s on Monday at 8:30 am. S will have her E2 drawn again and then we sit in the tiny tiny room to wait for results.

Fingers crossed on this one. Hopefully over the weekend S will have some symptoms that ovulation is coming and Monday will show us a beautiful big follicle with lots of E2! Come on God, help us this one…

P.S.
S's SOs were hiding and so she had to have the u/s twice. What a saint!

P.P.S
Remember if you don't know what something stands for check out our handy dandy glossary on the bottom of the column on the right!

(In)Fertility Glossary

One of my dear friends back in MI has suggested a glossary for those of you not mired in fertility lingo every day of your lives - fair enough! I'm going to start it here, and we will add to it when we think of other things. Those of you who are familiar w/ the jive, feel free to comment and add more. (We don't know what lots of it means either!) Good idea, Kay!

• AF = Aunt Flo, which of course means getting your period.
• ART = Assisted Reproductive Therapy
• BFN = Big F***ing Negative
• BFP = Big F***ing Positive
• CD1 = Cycle Day 1
• Follicles = Eggs not yet released from ovary
• Follies = Lingo for 'follicles'
• FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone. This is the hormone responsible for growing the follicles during the follicular phase of a cycle.
• IF = Infertile or Infertility
• IVF = InvitroFertilization
• IUI = inter uterine insemination, a catheter is inserted through the cervix into the uterus to deposit sperm. Supposedly this increases chances of conception - because the sperm has a much shorter journey.
• Progesterone = hormone that spikes during luteal phase, or second half of a cycle (TWW). This hormone is responsible for all kinds of things, including sustaining an early pregnancy
• TTC = Trying to Conceive
• TWW = Two week wait, specifically the time between ovulation and waiting for the results.

Still in the Saddle

Both E and I felt that we would hear bad news today... we both, for some reason unbeknownst to us, felt like we would hear that we had to take the month off due to cyst or this or that or some other reason.

Thankfully, that was not the case. Usually, I'm the only pessimist in the house, but this time we were both wrong. The cyst is gone, and we have a few little residual or budding follies, just like we're supposed to on CD3.

We ordered our FSH injectibles and they are arriving tomorrow, in time for our Friday begin day. No pics of my belly once we start the pokes: I'm not that kind of gal. I am not as nervous about the needle as I am about the bruising - it's worth it, though! Gone are the days of daydreaming of an easy ttc at home within a few months. BRING ON THE DRUGS!!! or, more precisely: BRING ON THE BABY!!!!!

Back in the saddle

Things are moving along again... It's CD 2 and we have our ultrasound tomorrow to check on how everything is progressing. We hope to see that the cyst has receded, and that I am ready to start the FSH injectibles. No reason to think that won't be the case, but, then again, life has been full of surprises!

We had a wonderful time in MI - probably the best time we've had there in quite some time. We even spent an extra day w/ E's family as we couldn't bear to leave. It's so nice to be around the people that know and love us best.

I feel refreshed and ready to start again - hopefully for the last time.