I got my call yesterday while at work. My E2 yesterday was 5521 and I’m scheduled for retrieval at 8:30am on Wednesday. I’ve made arrangements at work to go in today and have thursday off (and I usually have wednesday off) just in case I need that time to recouperate. I probably will be fine on thursday, but an extra day can’t hurt. (It seriously is fabulous having a supervisor who is completely up-to-date on everything. It saves a lot of explaining when I need a day off!)

My trigger shot was at 8:30pm last night. In some kind of fitting irony, it bled afterwards and is bruising… and it perfectly matches the still-fading bruise from my first stims shot. It’s even in the identical spot on the opposite side of my belly.

No more shots!! Can you believe that? I can’t. I think I’ll miss getting everything together every PM and mixing it all together. It really helped me feel productive. After the retrieval I move on to estrogen patches and progesterone suppositories. Mmmm, fun.

Oh, and here’s the ultrasound of my ovary. Remember that this is just a cross-section of one ovary! All those little black spots are follicles. It’s really neat to see her wand over the ovary and have all these black spots come in and out of view. (click for bigger version)

I also forgot to write that the U/S tech was talking to apparently a student U/S tech who was in the room with us. And she was saying how it’s good that my ovaries are long, because if they bloat up sideways it’s a bad risk sign. So apparently long and lean is the name of the game. (They look funny to me.)

And they (nurse and U/S tech) kept saying that I have a nice long torso, which is helping me out and is probably why I’m not feeling a lot. Because I’m not… every once in a while I get an ache, usually from my left ovary, but other than that I’m feeling remarkably little.

Oh, but… my boobs hurt. A lot. They’ve been tender for a few days… but this past day they have definitely gotten worse!