Our golden egg

At long last, I have positive news to report: during my ultrasound this morning, we saw one golden, beautiful egg!! When he put the probe in, it appeared on the screen in all it's round, bulbous glory and the doc said, "Hey hey! There we go, good job letrozole!" Today is only CD13 and it's already measuring 21mm - woot!! It will continue to grow a bit today before ovulation, so by the time I actually ovulate, it will probably be a 22-23mm. In addition, my lining is nice and plush at an 8.  I got my trigger shot before we left so the IUI is scheduled for tomorrow morning!! :D

As they say, this isn't our first rodeo, so we're not naive enough to believe that this is IT but it sure feels nice to 1) have a viable egg that will for SURE release {thank you 1000mg of HCG}, 2) know that my uterine lining is ready for a potential implantation, and 3) know that my body responded to the higher dose of the Femara. For the first time in months, we have renewed hope and it feels so good. :)

So today, we take it easy. Check-in tomorrow is at 7:30am, hubby's "sample" in tow, and then it will take approximately an hour and a half to process his sperm. Then it's IUI time! And tomorrow, you can bet your bip I'll be relaxing, feet up, getting my ommm on.

**Side note - as we were checking out and paying at the front, I told our favorite front desk guy {note sarcasm} that I was coming back tomorrow morning, to which he replied, "Oh, are we even open tomorrow?" .... um, well, I just had an injection in my a** to release my stellar egg in less than 24hrs so yep, you're going to be open tomorrow. Does he even know what goes on in that office?? Yeesh. And yes, this is the same guy who told me I wouldn't be missing out on anything if my appointment was moved...oh yea, nothing much, just a freaking VIABLE EGG!!**

In addition to feeling encouraged, we also discovered that we like the doc we saw today. He's younger and seems more...us. We still plan on going to the consult at the clinic in Riverside in a few weeks, but if I feel good about our IUI tomorrow, we may stay another month and just switch doctors. We shall see... FINGERS CROSSED that this month is our month!!

Lastly, but certainly not least, Jason's brother and his wife welcomed their first child yesterday, a beautiful, healthy baby girl. Little Maggie is simply adorable and we're excited to have a niece. We will meet her in October. Surprisingly, I was actually ok yesterday - no tears, and I felt real, honest-to-goodness joy at the news of her birth. I cried when we found out they were expecting, as they got pregnant very easily after just one month of trying. It was hard, all of it. But yesterday, yesterday we celebrated the arrival of new life, of new beginnings. After the horrible few months my family has had, it's a very welcome ray of sunshine. I can't guarantee that I won't cry when I hold her or see her in Jason's arms, that I won't feel envious, but I know I will love her, because I already do. And someday, it will be our turn. Hopefully sooner rather than later.