Well, back from my first follicle scan, and it's good news! They were quite surprised to see that lots of my follicles were reaching a good size, more on my right than my left ovary, but about 10 measurable ones altogether. Smallest is 9mm and the largest is 19.5mm. My womb lining is 'triple-lined' which I think is good, and is 8.5mm. They said I am very close and that the trigger would either be tonight or tomorrow night. Much much sooner than we were expecting as this is only day 8 of stims!! I just hope that these 10 will be mature enough, and maybe that a few more will join them, so I'd like to stim for one more day. But we'll see how my bloods come back later. So, egg collection either Friday or Saturday!! This is happening so quickly - I'm a tad scared now.
The clinic are going to call me later to let me know what to do (whether I need to do the injections for one more night or whether I'm ready to take the 'trigger shot' now). The trigger shot is the one that's stored in the fridge, and its job is to give the follicles a final ripening surge, so that they're mature when they're collected. I'm 'working from home' till about 11.30 then got to go in for a few meetings, so I bet I'll miss the clinic's call. I'm sitting here with a hot water bottle on my tummy in a bid to get the follicles even bigger!
So, all in all, I'm pleased but a bit scared! I just can't believe that we're nearly ready to go! I got a 'well done' from the nurse, who said 'you're very close' so I feel quite proud that my body is doing what it's been told to do! I would have preferred the number of follicles to be closer to 15, as the more there are, the more chance that we are left with some that are decent quality and CF-free, but maybe some more will develop between now and egg collection.
Will update later when I get the call from the clinic.
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