IUI #1 - Day 13

The follicles continue to grow! Today's numbers:

Follicle 1: 16.8
Follicle 2:  15.6
Follicle 3: 15.2
Follicle 4: 14.8

About 1.8 cm in growth as expected. It does look as though Follicle 4 is dropping off, however, which is not necessarily a bad thing (based on the following).

Estrogen 594
LH 12.7
Progesterone .6

My estrogen level is once again indicating that three follicles have the potential to become mature eggs (~ a "dominant" egg puts out an estrogen level of 150-200). My LH went down which indicates, in conjunction with the progesterone level, that I have not yet ovulated, nor will I likely do so imminently. Dr. M says its probably "just where it wants to be right now." As such, when I surge it will likely near 40. This is a great thing at this point in my cycle!

On a "I got excited, but probably should not get my hopes up" note, Dr. M gave me a talk about the three follicles that are still in the race. He says that it looks as though all three may go to maturity, especially when given the trigger shots. If so, that means I have a greatly increased chance of multiples, especially in an IUI setting. I told him that ideally I would love to have three now and be done. He just shook his head and looked at me like I was crazy...haha!

I go back in tomorrow to see where were are. As we near closer to 20 mm, I will take the trigger shot and then the IUI will occur 36 hours later. I'll update tomorrow!