Cautiously Optimistic.

I went in for my ultrasound this morning, and saw that the cysts had almost completely resolved. There were a few small ones, but nothing of great concern. So we are going ahead with our plan of action! IUI #1 will take place next week sometime! I am guardedly excited, and cautiously optimistic...keeping fingers and toes crossed!

Not sure what to think.

M and I just returned from a fantastic weekend of wine tasting and visiting with family. Yesterday, I awoke to a drastically dropped temperature, so in my packing frenzy, I grabbed a handful of tampons to make sure I'd be okay for the trip. Sure enough, AF reared her ugly head into my beautiful Sunday morning. I was expecting to be excited to see AF this month, since this is supposed to be IUI attempt #1; however, I'm so conflicted, of course, because I am overthinking and anyalyzing everything right now!

My RE said I'm supposed to come in for a baseline ultrasound on CD 2 (tomorrow), and then start clomid on CDs 2-6. I'm pretty nervous that when I call in the morning they are going to tell me that since my cycle was so short (18 days!), it wasn't enough time for the cysts to dissipate, so I'll need to wait through another cycle. I'm praying this will not be the case, but am preparing myself for it all the same. In the case that they tell me to come in for the ultrasound and then find that the coast is clear, then I get to start the IUI protocol! Which means it's a mere two weeks until the big procedure! But...I'm trying to not get my hopes up too much!

Ovulation = fewer cysts?

I ovulated. On Friday. It was real and definite ovulation pain, and I confirmed it this morning with a temperature spike. This is way early for me (Day 10), but I'm attributing that to last month's anovulatory cycle. SO...does this mean my cysts are dissipating? Since it was left ovary that produced this month, does that mean my right ovary is still humongous? I still feel fat, but that could so easily be attributed to the fact that I haven't been allowed to do anything strenuous in the past week and a half. Ugggh! I wish I knew the answers! Really, the bottom line is that I am just praying that my ovaries will be back to normal when the RE does another u/s in July (or, at this rate late June). If they aren't, I know he'll tell me we have to wait until August. I can be patient, but not THAT patient. Fingers crossed.