Monday, March 25, 2013

slow and, err, steady? cycle 4, day 14


Don’t despair – my tireless rants about working mothers are behind us, and now we can return to all-pelvis-all-the-time programming. So. Where were we?

Well, I’ve finished with my incessant sobbing for now and moved on to every other day wandings and blood draws, because we all know how funny those are. Here’s where we’re at:

Thursday, Day 10: wanding by the tech who seems uncomfortably excited about my ovaries and tells me as much with a very thick Boston accent, while I’m restrained in stirrups and her arm is halfway inside me. Buh-yuuu-ti-fuhl ovuhrees! Goohr-jus! A few follicles on the right, one on the left, none big enough to trigger ovulation.

Saturday, Day 12: welcome to your weekend, please proceed to the far-away-weekend-clinic-location whose waiting room does have better magazines. And, apparently, Jack Hanna on TV, which was compelling enough that as we left, C informed me that he is going to become a doctor for turtles. NOTED.

Meanwhile, behind door number 2: follicles growing ever so slowly, largest at 15 mm, still not big enough to trigger. Which is sad because if there’s one truth in this world it is that I long for my monthly injection of Chinese hamster ovary. Return on Monday. Third time’s the charm?

Lentil gave you her face and here I am with nothing more than my right ovary.
But look - follicles! (is it just me or does this look like a poorly made tie-dye t-shirt?)
Monday, Day 14: wanding redux with the bonkers, ovary-happy tech. Yuh right side, yeah she loves that drug, yeah, she’s like a drug addict that right side of yours, yeah. She just made some buh-yuuu-ti-fuhl follicles! Yeah, right side, yeah. But apparently “she[1]” didn’t work hard enough. Just five minutes before 1pm – five minutes before I entered probably the most difficult trial of my novice little legal career, I took a call from the clinic nurse: the doctor wants you to come back tomorrow for another blood draw and scan. Your biggest follicle is 17 and we need it to be bigger. Well then. Please excuse me while I sob into this rough, court issue, paper towel put on seven witnesses and argue evidentiary objections. <Endures repeated hot flashes[2], sweating through a perfectly good suit.> Because being a lawyer is glamorous.

Tuesday, Day 15: stay tuned (you know, all 4 of you)!

If tomorrow goes according to plan – if it sounds like I’m beginning to worry, you’re right, I’m beginning to worry – then we’re on for IUI 36 hours after ovulation, by trigger shot or otherwise. I wonder if they’ll allow me to do a post-insemination headstand in the exam room? In the meantime, good people and robots of various forms living idly in the interwebs, please tell me: am I right to be worried? Am I ovulating too late? How does this affect my chances of having quadruplet unicorns by breech?[3]





[1] How do I feel about the anthropomorphizing and feminizing of my ovaries? I feel unexpectedly uncomfortable, sort of like this.
[2] Seriously. This is a thing.
[3] Forgive me, I just finished a marathon trial; I’m too tired for endless Google searches full of forums of falling star dust and talk of baby dancing.

17 comments:

  1. CD 12-16 is considered "normal" by my clinic, so it appears you'll be right on time, or close enough. I ovulated on CD 19 on clomid at my clinic and they didn't care. my doctor told me the biggest issue is the thickness and quality of the uterine lining after three weeks (CD21). sounds like you should still be okay! good luck!

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  2. You shouldn't be worried. But, I won't blame you for it or tell you to stop, because I would be, too. But that doesn't mean it's worry worthy. It just means that something abnormal (for you) is happening and you feel uncomfortable with it.

    But what an annoying amount of wandings. Each of those suckers would cost me half a grand. And I would be pissed at those feeling, female ovaries.

    But really, my opinion is that you are still within the just fine range. Good luck with today's pokes.

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  3. There's more than four of us reading ;)
    Good luck!

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  4. This is your fourth comment- that means you have many, many lurkers. :-)

    Don't despair...sometimes ovaries take longer to get the message that they need to grow bigger follicles.

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  5. I have no idea if you should be worried; still less reason to tell you not to, given my own recent freak outs on my imagined luteal phase defect due to late ovulation. In any case, thinking of you today, hoping all goes well and those buh-yuu-ti-fuhl ovaries do their thing for some buh-yuu-ti-fuhl follicles.

    By the way, we're totally cycling at the same time this month. Too much info?

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    1. Happy to have you as my "cycle sister" - though I am cringing uncontrollably at the use of such language. Fingers crossed for us.

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  6. My ovaries are lazy too. It is really common, so try not to worry too much. Good luck with your upcoming trigger shot :)

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  7. Sixth comment! Sixth! I have no idea if you should worry, but I really hope you don't have quadruplet unicorns. FUCK that would hurt.

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  8. Sounds like you're right on time. Sending you good vibes oh and hi, I'm comment 7 and I also read your blog. Not a bot.

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  9. I wouldn't worry (like that's possible)... sometimes it takes a little extra time to get enough follies big enough to trigger. Sounds like you're doing just fine to me...
    BTW - Ummm... way more than 4.

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  10. We're reading. I'm thinking about you. I know it's out of your control, but all you can do is keep moving forward. I hope that this ends up being IT.

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  11. You beat the bots! Look at all of these comments and readers!

    I know nothing, but I say... try not to worry. You're health (emotional and mental) is as important in all of this as the health and wellness of your ovaries.

    Sorry for the crickets on the last post... with my commenter inability to in-text-video-linkage, I had little to contribute...

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    1. [dying to know what this video would have entailed?]

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  13. Aww, shucks. Very lucky to have all you wonderful people following along with all my antics. Many thanks for the positive feedback and support. Word on the street - err, the fertility clinic street - is Ovidrel shot tonight and IUI on Friday. Slow growing follicles or not, here we go...

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  14. Worry ye not fair lady. I am sure they have it all under control. And I have to tell you, March is the lucky month this year for IUI's. I have just had a positive pee stick for the first time ever after our first shot at an IUI. I will be crossing every finger I have for you my friend.

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    1. Congratulations, Luna! Please send some of those positive pee stick vibes my way (that sounded way less creepy in my head).

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