This morning was my first ultrasound after the baseline. It’s been 5 days of stims on 150IU of Follistim, and I was anxious to see what was going on in there – especially since I don’t feel anything.

My left ovary had 11 follicles total. Half (5) of them were small. 6 of them were around 10mm.
My right ovary had 13 follicles total. Same as the other, half (5) of them were small, 8 of them were 10-11mm.

They were really happy with that!! They said my body definitely likes this protocol, and is responding very well to the medications… and there’s no sign of any follicle being a hog and outpacing the others.

Just a reminder that at my baseline scan I had only 11 antral follicles total. Guess more decided to join the party!

After they get my estrodial blood test results back this afternoon they’ll call me to tell me when to come back in for the next ultrasound, but she said it’ll probably be this weekend, possibly sunday. They are saying that I’ll probably be ready to trigger around sunday or monday!! Which would mean I’d have my egg retrieval on tuesday or wednesday! Holy cow!! :twirl:

Just so exciting. But it really makes me wonder and get angry at my body too. Everything we’ve tried, every test we’ve done, has come back “good” or “excellent”… every test is normal… every meds makes my body stimulate REALLY well. So why the hell am I not pregnant on my own?? Yesterday marked 18 months of trying. 18 months!! Several of those with multiple eggs. I will be THRILLED to get pregnant from IVF…. but I think I’ll always wonder why the heck my body can’t do it on its own.

But other than that little bit of frustration at myself it is a good day! I also had a positive meeting with the client yesterday and he wants me to do a whole bunch of work for him, which means a lot more money coming in! I’m so relieved and excited and nervous all at once. This is my biggest client to date… it’s been very slow getting started. It’s not great timing, with being in the middle of IVF and everything, but I think it’ll go very well. And I won’t have to go out and get a second (third?) job somewhere.

Edit: I forgot to add that my lining was a nice “triple 6”. :)