My e2 yesterday was 143. After 2 nights of stimming, that's pretty much ideal. The sad news (for me) is that it made my nurse decide I don't need an u/s on Sunday. I still have to give them my blood, of course, but no romance time with the seeing-eye-dildo. Which makes me sad, because I want to know how many follicles are growing, damnit!
Because I'm anal (but not for the dildocam, of course), I looked up my last antagonist cycle. I didn't have a blood-draw until the 4th day (e2 was in the 400s), or an ultrasound until the 6th (17 follicles). So I'm on the exact same schedule, just with one extra blood draw, because they just can't get enough of me.
I've blogged before about being "a hard poke". I have "princess veins" when I should have ordered "truck-driver veins". I'm a "go for it". All of these are direct quotes from the one and only staff-member who can reliably find my AC. And I'm slowly falling in love with her. After countless office visits, they know to get her when they see me. On the days when she is not there, I end up with numerous bruises, and they always seem to end up taking it from one of my hands. I actually try to get them to go straight for the hand, because, as much as it hurts, it's better to do that than did around in both my arms first...only to end up at my hand. I look like a heroin addict from a single draw. N, on the other hand, has taken my blood on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of this week. She goes straight for the butterfly needle, straight for the AC on my right arm, and BAM! I don't have a single bruise. I have an itsy-bitsy red mark, that only showed up yesterday. I am on and off the chair in under a minute.
It's amazing. It's what normal women do. It's what my husband does, when he gives blood. (I'm forever banned, having lived in the Congo river basin for 2+ years.) It's not a pain in the ass at all.
To make up for it, of course, I've managed to make myself bleed on all 3 of my nightly injections.
But even with that, I'm amazed at how smoothly this cycle is going. I can't get over it. Please, let me continue to be text-book, right up to the take-home-baby at the end.
EDIT: Hahaha, one of my favorite nurses just called me and said "I see you're only getting blood work on Sunday? Can you do an ultrasound too? The more we know, the happier we are." Me too, and yes I can!
3 comments:
I am so happy everything is going smoothly for you! And so glad you get to have the u/s tomorrow after all!
That all sounds great-good luck!
Fingers crossed for a continued smooth cycle and more!
I seem to sometimes have issues with nurses finding my veins too. I'm not sure if it is me or the nurse, because sometimes it is so easy and other times, like you, I look like a vampire got a hold of me.
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