Day 11 today. I had my first blood test on Monday, Day 9, and my hormone levels were higher than they had been on Day 11 last cycle, so I responded more quickly this time on the higher dose. I had another blood test today, and the clinic has booked an ultrasound scan for me tomorrow morning as it looks like I'm starting to surge. Unfortunately, Dr Swift is away this week due to school holidays, so the scan will be done by another doctor, Dr Flynn. He's in the same clinic as Dr Swift, and is the obstetrician of someone else I know who is pregnant, so I'm sure he'll be fine. But of course there's always a bit of nervousness when you see a new doctor. Hopefully Dr Swift will still be able to do the IUI itself when it happens.
My own feeling, based on my own knowledge of my body, is that the IUI will be on Friday. Not the most convenient time, but never mind: we're at the mercy of my hormones. I'm certain we won't be holding out until Monday.
After the scan tomorrow I have to have another blood test and they will hopefully be able to tell me exactly when we'll be doing the IUI. The blood tests are becoming a drag. My veins seem to be a bit shy, so the nurses tend to use the same one that is a little bolder than the others, but that one has started getting a bit scarred so it is getting painful. The injections each morning are just routine now, though. Who would have thought that jabbing myself with a needle each morning would become so ho-hum?
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