Okay so I went in for a follicle ultrasound last Monday. I had one mature follicle. It measured 21mm (anything over 18mm is considered ready for ovulation). My endometrial lining was nice and "plump", measuring 10.9mm. I had little to no side effects while taking Clomid. I did have a hot flash and bitch episode (haha!) one time though. The Estradiol was fine too until the last day. I got hot flashes, nausea and bloating. It didn't help that these symptoms came on as we were driving home from Houston.... NOT a fun car ride. I was given an HCG shot to trigger ovulation at my appointment last Monday. I didn't notice any side effects from the shot, thank God. Now I am past ovulation and taking the progesterone gel. It's gross... and that's about all I will say about that. Yuck! I do feel like the progesterone gives me some moodiness and random waves of nausea but if it ends in a healthy Whitfield baby then it will be all worth it. =)
Tomorrow morning I have an apppointment to check my progesterone level. Not sure how the progesterone gel will affect the levels in my blood though. Anyways, they like to check your progesterone levels to see if you ovulated after the HCG shot. I am hoping and praying that my levels are good. I will ask Dr. C when I should do a hpt or if I am supposed to come in for a HCG blood test.
As far as how I am feeling emotionally, I feel down. I just kinda feel like this cycle won't work and I will have to go through all of these hormones and meds again. If we aren't pregnant this cycle then we aren't going to try again with meds until May. I don't like the idea of using meds back to back cycles. Not to mention the financial part of it all. I will focus on working out and losing weight for the next couple of months until we are ready to go for another round.
Thanks for all of the prayers! We really appreciate it!
XOXO!
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