Our appointment today showed that we went from 10 follicles to 23 follicles ranging in size from 9mm to 20mm. It was questionable whether we would do another night of Follistim or move on to the trigger shot and do retrieval Tuesday.
The call came in while we were at a Gary Railcats game...definitely made for a little difficulty in hearing the woman on the phone! It turns out they want me to take the little bit of Follistim that I have left and then we will trigger tomorrow.
The trigger shot is the dose of hCG that prepares my body for the egg retrieval. It's given 34-36 hours before retrieval so they will tell me what time to take it tomorrow and we will do the retrieval on Wednesday.
It's getting very exciting now, but it is also testing my patience to wait until Wednesday. I'm definitely feeling the bloating side effect. Most of my pants don't fit right now so it's a good thing I work from home and can sit around in sweats all day.
The schedule is also working out very nicely for me not to have to miss too much work though. This is a good thing since I am trying to save up as much time as possible for my maternity leave.
So far we have been pretty lucky with how all of this has gone. Now we'll just keep crossing our fingers (and toes) that the rest will go as smooth!
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