S did the ultrasound today…well, sort of.

I went into the room as usual. Not long after I was situated and sitting on the table, in walked S and another woman. The other woman turned out to be a student nurse. S introduced us. Then the woman pulled up the stool and told me to go ahead and lay down. I was thinking, “Oh boy, this is going to be interesting with an inexperienced person trying to find my ovaries! But surely, S will be the one doing the ultrasound. I hope S is the one doing the ultrasound!”

But it was the other woman who sat on the stool and began the ultrasound. So I said to the woman, “My ovaries are very hard to find.” And S said with a chuckle, “I’ve already warned her!”

And so began a somewhat painful and the most uncomfortable ultrasound to date. As I was about to jump off the table, S put her hand on the ultrasound wand and helped guide it to my right ovary. Whew! I could breath again! In the right ovary we saw a 12mm follicle and 8mm follicle!

And so the wand was painfully moved to try to find the left ovary by this poor woman who I’m sure felt bad about all the pain she was causing me. As I was once again about to jump off the table or volunteer to find the ovary myself, the woman was getting up off the stool and S sat down to take over. You can probably imagine my relief (and the relief of that woman)!

In the left ovary we found two 7mm follicles!

The lining of my uterus is 8mm, which is perfect.

So everything looks good. I will go back for another ultrasound a day earlier than scheduled since that one follicle is already at 12mm. I will have the first injection of menopur tonight.

Thank you for praying!!

- Elaine