A day late....

I'm a day late at updating yesterdays (Sundays 10/19) ultrasound and lab check.

Things looked good, my lining has thickened and was 6mm, there are 5 lead follies (13mm, 12mm and three 11mm) with about 25 more under 10mm between the two ovaries that the RE said will start to grow as well. I kind of started freaking out a little bit about having too many mature follies at trigger time. I asked the RE (it wasn't my usual doctor, it's the other one in the practice) when they would cancel the cycle. She said they wouldn't cancel it. I panicked a little more and said...."Well, I don't want multiples." Then I back-tracked and said I'd be okay with twins but really would rather just have one baby at a time. She looked at my chart and then realized that we're doing IUI. She thought we were doing IVF!!! OMG. Total freak out. She then said we'd back my injects down but wanted to see how my labs looked. So...the plan for last night and tonight is....

50IU Follistim
15cc Low Dose HCG

I go back tomorrow morning for another ultrasound and more labs. We'll see what things are looking like and have a better plan for when the IUI's will be. I'm thinking trigger Weds night and IUI's on Thurs and Fri morning.

The injections are going well. I had a little freak out when I gave myself my 4th injection, the vial should have been empty since it was a 300IU vial and I had given myself four 75IU injections out of it. There is a good amount left, I wasn't sure if I forgot to dial the inject up one evening or what. I found out that they overfill them and I can use up the rest of what's in there. If my dose is higher than what is left, it'll just stop at whatever is in there and the dial won't go completely down. Then I can re-load the new vial and begin again. Whew!

I have lost 5 pounds in the last 5 days. I haven't had much of an appetite and have been a little nauseated on top of fatigue. My stomach has been a little iffy after eating as well. I was walking the dog this afternoon and had a thought. I think the low dose HCG is making me feel this way. After all, it's the pregnancy hormone. I actually almost feel a little bit like I'm early in a pregnancy. I have to think that this is the cause. I am not complaining about the weight loss, I'm a little chunky right now but I am glad I kind of have an idea as to the cause of feeling crappy.

That's all for now...gonna relax for a bit and take it easy.