I went to visit with Dr. Arnold on Monday the 22nd. I had an ultra sound to determine whether or not my uterus is ready to carry a baby. We determined that it is ready and all is well. The ultra sound tech was shocked by how many cysts there are on my ovaries. They look like a honeycomb on the screen. Which for me, is normal.
I started on 150 mg of Clomid on Monday night. I take that until Friday (26th) night. Friday morning I go in for blood work to determine my estrogen levels and make sure that all of my counts are where they should be to begin a pregnancy.
After those results are in, the nurse will call to let me know how much and how often I will be taking intramuscular injections of Follistim to stimulate the follicle development. I will go see the doctor again on either the 29th or 30th to determine how my follicles are progressing and monitor how many are large enough to become eggs.
I am absolutely positively over the moon happy that this is finally happening. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure that I'm not dreaming. This is real. This is happening. In less than a year I will be a mom. No more struggling. No more worrying. No more "why not me?". Because I will have the most beautiful, precious gift possible, a healthy baby.
Beth, I saw your post on FB and since I am obsessed with blogs I gave it a click! I want to wish you good luck with everything. I am assuming you are trying IVF, we also went through fertility treatments. It can be a very long, lonely, depressing road as you know. Few can relate to unless you have been there. As you know we are now blessed with 3 beautiful girls and everything we went through was worth it!
ReplyDeleteTry and stay positive and know that you will be holding your own baby soon! I will keep you in my prayers! :)