Day 7

I had monitoring today. My right ovary had 40 follicles under 10 mm and none over, and my left had 50+ under 10 mm and none over. My endometrium lining was 8.1 mm and homogenous. My estradiol was <28 PG/ML. They look for follicles that are developing to release an egg, and they don't measure them until they are at least 10 mm. My lining has to be trilaminar for an embryo to implant and around 8 or 9 mm in thickness.

To keep it simple, nothing has happened yet after four days of meds, although my lining has thickened some. The doctor said to do three more days of meds and come in on Saturday for monitoring.

The meds are going okay. I've had little things that might be side effects, like headache and lower back pain, but otherwise not much to report. I always feel disappointed when I go in and they don't see what they want yet, but I try to remember that the month I got pregnant with Hadley I had also barely responded by day 7.

I started listening to some guided meditation I downloaded off the Internet. I thought that since I cannot afford to do acupuncture this time (it costs $50+ a week for one session!) I would try some relaxation therapy at home. It probably doesn't do the same thing as acupuncture, but it is free and worth a try.

My mom is coming Sunday for a visit. I am excited to see her, and I know she is looking forward to seeing Hadley. It will be nice to have her here if I have any appointments next week, especially if we get to the IUI while she is here - we would have an automatic babysitter. I'm not sure when that will happen, though. With Hadley, (the one IUI we did) the IUIs weren't until day 22 and 23, so it may be awhile.