Day 12/13: Roller Coaster

Todays brings a totally unexpected plot twist. It turns out that I ovulated through the meds. 'Unheard of!' they say. Well... this super ovulater proved them wrong. The big dip in the numbers meant that we lost a strong follicle and set the timing of my uterine lining off in the wrong direction. 

Decision time: we can go forward with the cycle as planned. Best case scenario, we'll likely end up with one, maybe two embryos. The odds aren't in our favor. A second option would be to convert to iui. The chance that it would take is pretty low; if it does, the risk of multiples (3+) is high. Hmmmm.... what to do?! 

Just to throw one more kink in the plan... if we go with iui, we can't use the sperm that is in the freezer. If we want to keep our options open, we need to dive into crisis mode, choose a new baby daddy, order sperm for rush shipment, and then decide what to do. Previously sperm selections took hours... days, even. This one would have to be done in less than two hours. We take a quick look back at our top picks, filter them for the iui eligible goods, and make a quick decision. 

We decide to go for the iui and hold off on ivf for now. We schedule the appointment, rub our fertility goddess, and go for it. Now, the dreaded two week wait...