I’ve been on stims for five days now and this morning I went for an ultrasound to check progress. They don’t have to monitor me too closely, since I’m on the same protocol as last time.

Today’s result: right ovary has 16 total follicles, all 10 or 11mm. My left ovary – which I’ve been feeling twinging – is squashed by my bowel and has 10 total, 6 of which are around 10mm. I think – and don’t quote me on this – but I think this is a little more in number than last time.

However, my ovaries seem to be a day behind my last cycle, putting retrival at possibly wednesday, instead of my estimated tuesday. Which is good for my eggs, slow and steady is healthier and happier, but bad for my work schedule. I may need to take two days off work instead of just one. But whatever. I feel bad for calling out, but there’s really nothing I can do about it!

They will call me later today with my instructions, but they said I’ll probably go back in on sunday morning to see where they’re sitting.

The nurses agreed with me that the goal of this cycle is to get me one really good embryo. But she added, “One for the freezer would be really nice!” And the did mention the early trigger to let them cook a little longer – it’s reassuring to know they haven’t forgotten about that (since it’s a very unusual thing to do!) I really like the nurses. They take good care of me.

If retrival is wednesday my due date would be Sept 2. If if’s thursday it would be Sept 3. My birthday is Sept 3.