Obviously, last month was a bust. We tried a grand total of once, then thought that we really shouldn't chance it. If it was meant to be, then that one time (the day we worried and stressed about the possibility of having twins) would be enough to make it happen. It apparently wasn't meant to be! Maybe I would've really had twins. Who knows? Anyway, it was kind of nice not to get my hopes up for once because I knew that we hadn't really tried that hard. So it wasn't as big of a letdown.
This cycle, I took 2.5mg of Femara instead of 5mg. Then we prayed for just one follicle! I asked the nurse what the difference is between having one follicle on my own like I used to before treatments, and having one follicle from taking Femara. She talked to Dr. S (I ask difficult questions!), and he said Femara makes a stronger ovulation with larger and more mature follicles, raises your progesterone which will support an embryo better, and also causes you to have a thicker uterine lining. So I guess I will keep taking it even though the side effects are no fun. At least my headaches were much milder this time around on the lower dose.
Day 10 fell on a Saturday AGAIN, so Charles and I had to drive down to Sandy and get my follicular scan with the doctor who was on-call for the weekend, which was Dr. Chinese/Japanese/oriental/Asian guy. I just wish I could see my regular Dr. S! But rest assured, all of these doctors do care about me. I only have to meet one more, then I will have collected all their cards! haha. Anyway, this guy told me I have a beautiful uterus (umm... thanks?), then said I have a huge follicle (26mm, so bigger than last cycle), and 2 smaller ones that didn't look promising. He then said something like he hoped I didn't have a monster baby because I had a monster follicle and I'm so small. He and Charles then went off on that idea and we talked about big babies and short women the rest of the time. These doctors in this office don't care about how the baby comes out, just getting it in there in the first place! In the end, I asked him if he felt comfortable with us procreating this cycle even though I had 3 follicles, and he said, "Well, Dr. A (maternal fetal medicine doctor) will take good care of you no matter what!" So is that a yes? He wouldn't say. Charles likened it to someone asking him if they should buy a rebuilt car that had been in an accident. So basically, I'm a damaged car that has been given a clean bill of health. Lol! But we felt good about it this time since I only had one mature follicle, and it didn't work last time with good timing and 2 mature follicles. So here we go!
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