Trigger Happy

I was scheduled for my first ultrasound for Wednesday, February 17th to measure my follicle development with the Femara this cycle. Over the weekend I started to see and feel some pretty prominent fertile signs. On Monday morning I called the RE's office to see if we could change my appointment to either that afternoon or Tuesday morning. We decided to schedule it for Tuesday.
I went in this morning and completely forgot I would have to have bloodwork too to check my FSH and E2. The nurse did the blood draw and then the ultrasound tech did the ultrasound. It was pretty quick. The nurse called back this afternoon to say that it was a good thing I changed my appointment because it is time to trigger! I had two mature follicles (eggs) in my left ovary, one at 24mm and one at 21mm. My LH was 10.2 and my Estradoil was 323, which the nurse said was great! I took the Ovidrel shot this evening when I got home from work. I was pretty nervous because I was afraid it would hurt. I did it all by myself and it was completely painless! Now the waiting begins!

I also went home this weekend for the baptisms of my two nieces. It was a very nice service. I talked to my mom a little bit, and she told me that she saw on the news that there was a recent study showing that as early as age 30, many women have only 10-14% of their ovarian reserve remaining. She said the report noted that for these women, it just takes longer to achieve a pregnancy than it does for women in their 20's. I am hoping she is right! And it was nice to know that she is thinking of Scott and me through all of this.