2nd Ovary Check 2/12/10

I took the day off on Friday the 12th because I wanted to go with Bobby-Jo to Dr. Jaffe's office for the Follicle Check. Our appointment was at 9:30. As usual we couldn't get up and were almost late, lol.

Shortly after we arrived, they called us back to take some blood. They wanted to check the estrogen levels. They were looking for 100, Bobby-Jo was like a 380 or something! Way to go! But I am getting ahead of myself. We were then asked to go back into the waiting room until they were ready to do the ultrasound. Just a couple minutes later, Amanda called us back.

We saw the uterus first and Amanda also showed us the lining of the uterus which she said looked very good, "nice and thick" she said. She looked at Bobby-Jo's right ovary first. She saw a small follicle she said was about 8 to 9 millimeters, but she wanted something bigger. She said she wanted to see one 18 to 19 millimeters so she moved over to look at the left ovary. The follicle on the right looked like a small black marble when I saw it on the monitor. But as soon as she moved to the left ovary two large black images appeared. Two very large follicles are developing on the left ovary. She measured them both between 18 and 19 millimeters. Two on one ovary! We asked if this was normal and she said if we were taking meds to simulate follicle development then yes it was possible. We both just looked at each other, knowing what could possibly happen...

So we asked what next steps were. She said that as soon as the blood test came back they would call. Our regular nurse, Lauren, called about 1 pm on Friday to tell us the estrogen levels were good (you already knew that). Next step was to give Bobby-Jo the shot of Ovidrel to make those follicles release the eggs. She wanted me to give Bobby-Jo the shot between 6 and 8 pm that night, Friday night. She then said that we have an appointment with Dr. Jaffe on Sunday, February 14th at 10:15 am for the IUI! We get to inseminate on Valentine's Day!!!!

I gave Bobby-Jo the shot and we are hoping it is/has done it's job. In less than 12 hours the insemination will be completed. And two follicles, TWO?!? Only time will tell if it will work on our first try. We'll let you know how the insemination goes tomorrow.