Trigger shot, here I come!

I had a great appointment today! Dr. L did an ultrasound and discovered a very good-sized follicle on my left ovary. I think I remember the screen saying it measured 2.74 cm. Does that sound right? I know she said it was a little bigger than it needed to be and that I might ovulate today or tomorrow.

So she is letting me try the trigger shot! It's Ovi.drel (which I love that I'm finally able to try since so many of you have told me of your success on it!). They ordered it from Free.dom Pharmacy today and it's being over-nighted and delivered (hopefully) tomorrow morning to my doorstep. Then, tomorrow afternoon I will take the shot and drive two hours to see Dr. L again, where she will give me the shot and do another ultrasound (which I think she's doing just because I'll be there, so why not?).

I know I probably could have argued to give myself the shot, especially since I'm so far away from the office, but that's fine. I didn't have any plans tomorrow and I can make the trip. And it'll be nice to look again via ultrasound.

So here's my theory: Today is cycle day 13. I usually peak around day 17, as late as 18 and sometimes as early as 15. I never ovulate on day 13, and have only peaked on day 14 once in as long as I can remember. My point is that I doubt it's a fluke that I have a big follicle this cycle on day 13. Perhaps I always have very ripe follicles this early and then I don't ovulate until three to five days later. I don't know if that means anything, or if it's even necessarily a bad thing, but I have been told in the past (based on a hormone panel last year) that my ovaries were slow.

Dr. B actually once compared my ovaries to the token clunky couple on Dan.cing With The St.ars (i.e. not smooth, precise and fast, and yes he really said that). He said things weren't "clicking" at the right time and that ovulation is a very precise process where everything needs to happen at the correct time (at least that's what I remember him saying, it's been a while). So wouldn't that mean a trigger shot might be what I need?

So what if - and here's my completely non-medical theory coming in - my eggs are good earlier on (like this cycle, on day 13) and they just aren't getting pushed out when they should, and so they hang around a little too long in the ovary, possibly even after the necessary hormones do their thing? Maybe I always have good follicles as early as day 13 (and as I learned today, it's definitely large) but then don't ovulate until day 17, which I can't imagine is a good thing.

Does that make sense? And, to me at least, it seems like a trigger shot (taken when we know the follie is good and big early on) might be just what I need. Who knows though, I'm no doctor and barely know how ovulation works!

I also found it interesting that I think I ovulated on the left last cycle too and I'm obviously going to ovulate on that side again. As for the right ovary, well, she couldn't even see it on ultrasound. Sounds somewhat worrisome to me, but she didn't seem concerned at all. After all, it is a tiny, little clump of ovary tissue left over after two major surgeries. I asked if it could be due to adhesions, and she said while it's possible, things did seem fluid and moveable in there. That's good, I guess!

So we'll go to adoration in the morning, pray our hearts out that the shot I'll get later in the day will work, and then I'll head to the doctor's around 1 p.m. for the 4 p.m. appointment (there are bound to be delays on 95). I'm praying I get the package in the mail before I have to leave (Fedex currently says it should be here by 10:30 a.m.).

Yesterday I was stressed at how the timing of all this would work out, but it seems like it's going to work perfectly. It won't interrupt our weekend get-away to the beach on Friday, or my plans with GIMH and Fertile Thoughts on Thursday, and now I'll hopefully even get to see Jeremiah 29:11 tomorrow too!

I'm just so excited that I can finally try something that I've felt lead to try for many months. It's been a good week. Thanks, God!