Day 3 Check-in

Three days into the meds, I return to the office for another ultrasound and a round of blood work. Our doctor doesn't expect to see much yet.

Our goal: see a nice group of follicles starting to develop at roughly the same pace.

The ultrasound reveals that my 10 follicles have grown slightly, but not much. Happily, they are developing at the same pace, except for one large follicle that is sitting at around 11 mm. It's amazing. I usually can't really see what the doc sees on the blurry image, but this one stands out loud and clear. It looks like a dark hollow cavity. In reality, it's the fluid building up that will allow us to retrieve the egg.

All is looking good, but the doc suspects that we will want to bump up the meds. I might also need to start cetrotide before I see her next. Cetrotide is a med that prevents me from ovulating, so that the large developing follicles stay put without releasing any eggs.

We've gotten our routing down. Early morning doctor visit, then hang out around the corner at Starbucks while we work and wait for the nurse to call. In the afternoon, I finally hear from Pam. We indeed need to bump up the meds. Tonight, I'll increase to 300iu follistim and 300iu menopur. Tomorrow, we'll add cetrotide.

Friday, we'll head back to the office to see the results. Hoping that we see 10+ nicely developing follicles, and that the added menopur doesn't sting too much!