Sonogram
This morning I had my sonogram! I got there around 7:30am and got checked in. Once we were starting, I was laughing because as you lean back in the stirrups, you notice a sign on the ceiling that says "I HATE THIS!" And of course you don't notice it until you're on your back. Ha! Anyway, she gave me the "Are you SURE" talk and I got off pretty easy because I have heard many women have to go through a psych evaluation before they will be allowed to do an IUI being single. I find this a bit amusing considering drug using irresponsible people who accidentally get knocked up DON'T have to do this, but hey, it's whatever.
Once she finished the talk, we got started. Everything looked great! I was worried she would find a problem but she said the lining of the uterus is perfect and we found one egg on the left ovary. It was very small in size so she said it will need a few days to grow to be full in size. She said she might give me the HCG trigger shot on Thursday if the egg is not ready to release yet, but she says to also take an OPK (Ovulation Predictor Kit)to predict the exact time of ovulation. It was pretty exciting to see my little egg that could possibly turn into my baby.
One thing that is a little unfortunate is that we're only dealing with 1 egg. If she put me on Clomid like I wanted, we would be dealing with several. But she doesn't want me medicated until we try a couple times naturally. She says being 32 that we should do it naturally, with no meds. She says that she doesn't want me on Clomid because of the risk of multiples. BUT-the risk is only 5-8%. That seems so low to me that I wasn't ever worried about it. Okay, she's the expert, but it costs A LOT of money to do this, so I really want it to work. I PRAY natural is enough. I'm still not convinced.
So my next Sonogram is Thursday. We will see if the egg is big enough to be released and we might do the IUI then. If not, I'll take the HCG trigger shot and we will do the first IUI Friday.
It makes me happy to know that I am not broken and that everything looks good. A big fear of mine is that I would never be able to have children, and you don't really know sometimes until you start. I have been through so much in my life that I just want something to go well for me and to not have problems. **PRAYERS!**
Once she finished the talk, we got started. Everything looked great! I was worried she would find a problem but she said the lining of the uterus is perfect and we found one egg on the left ovary. It was very small in size so she said it will need a few days to grow to be full in size. She said she might give me the HCG trigger shot on Thursday if the egg is not ready to release yet, but she says to also take an OPK (Ovulation Predictor Kit)to predict the exact time of ovulation. It was pretty exciting to see my little egg that could possibly turn into my baby.
One thing that is a little unfortunate is that we're only dealing with 1 egg. If she put me on Clomid like I wanted, we would be dealing with several. But she doesn't want me medicated until we try a couple times naturally. She says being 32 that we should do it naturally, with no meds. She says that she doesn't want me on Clomid because of the risk of multiples. BUT-the risk is only 5-8%. That seems so low to me that I wasn't ever worried about it. Okay, she's the expert, but it costs A LOT of money to do this, so I really want it to work. I PRAY natural is enough. I'm still not convinced.
So my next Sonogram is Thursday. We will see if the egg is big enough to be released and we might do the IUI then. If not, I'll take the HCG trigger shot and we will do the first IUI Friday.
It makes me happy to know that I am not broken and that everything looks good. A big fear of mine is that I would never be able to have children, and you don't really know sometimes until you start. I have been through so much in my life that I just want something to go well for me and to not have problems. **PRAYERS!**
Definitely praying for you, my friend! I know that everything will work out the way it's supposed to. :o) I totally understand the fears of not being able to have children, but it sounds like everything is working perfectly!
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