Mid-Cycle U/S

Ok - I posted this yesterday, but it got lost in cyber space. Here it is again:

I wish I could come on here and say that I had some wonderful eggs growing and we did the trigger today. Sadly, I cannot. Basically, all my eggs are about the same size as they were on day 2. That means that they have not started growing at all! Apparently, this is common with PCOS and Clomid. It messes up your system and you ovulate late. So that's why they haven't really geared up yet. I have 2 options. Option 1 is wait and see if they just grow on their own, but a little late. Option 2 is to do a Follistim injection which would really encourage the eggs to grow faster. However, that little injection costs $200 and may or may not even work. I decided to just wait and see. I have another ultrasound set up on Monday.

The part I worry about is that I think your eggs can only grow 2 mm a day, so that's only a total growth of about 8 mm by Monday. Even if my biggest egg at 8mm today grows by another 8mm Monday, it will only be at 16mm which isn't big enough for a trigger still. So there could be yet another ultrasound after Monday for the trigger.

There is some good news. My lining was at about 14mm which is really good and better than I've ever had before. This means that my body did respond somewhat. Now if I could just get some eggs to grow, they have a nice cushy place to go!

I talked a little with the specialist about why this is happening. Basically she thinks that the first cycle is always the slowest. My body is not used to growing eggs and ovulating, so it takes a little while for them to remember what they are supposed to do. If you remember, I got pregnant on the 2nd cycle last time around. The first cycle was slow just like this one. Granted, I did take the Follistim shot last time and I didn't this time, so we'll see! I'll keep everyone updated!!