I’m so glad I decide to go see Dr. L today to talk about last cycle and make plans for this next cycle. I had debated on whether I should go or not.

I asked him if I needed 50mg of Clomid per day this cycle or if we needed to go up to 100mg. I was thinking that the more Clomid you take, the more follicles will grow and develop but that is not how Clomid works. You only increase the dosage if the previous dosage didn’t produce any follicles. Dr. L said my ovaries reacted to the 50mg of Clomid so I do not need more.

Dr. L talked to me today about doing injectibles for three days this cycle, as well as the 5 days of Clomid. He said because I am so thin my body may not be putting out as much of the hormone FSH. He said by doing these injectibles, it will give me a better shot of having 2 good follicles for ovulation. I told him it sounded like a good idea to me.

He also told me something very interesting. Did you know that in a woman’s normal monthly cycle by Cycle Day 4 the follicle for ovulation that month is chosen and it suppresses all other follicles from maturing? Dr. L starts me taking Clomid on Day 3 of my cycle, before that one chosen follicle has been naturally selected, so there can be 2 or 3 follicles growing and developing for ovulation. To me, that is so interesting. Our bodies are so intricately designed by our Creator.

I told Dr. L about my plan to just wait and see if I am back in town in time for that ultrasound to decide whether we do a natural cycle this time or use birth control again. He thought that was a good plan. :)

So that’s where we stand. It’s just a wait and see game from here till about the middle of June. By then I’ll know if we will be inseminating towards the end of this month (natural cycle) or inseminating sometime in July (birth control cycle).

Until then, I’ll probably write more about the marriage conference than IUI. It’ll be a nice change for a while. :)

- Elaine