Waiting for a Trigger

CD #14 and still waiting for the magical call to tell me to give myself the HcG trigger shot and come in the next two afternoons. Sunday (CD#9, in case anyone’s keeping track), went in for u/s and bloodwork. Was told to continue the 150 units Sunday and Monday, come in Tuesday (CD#11) for u/s and bloodwork. Then another call: continue 150 units for Tuesday and Wednesday, and come in Thursday (CD#13) for u/s and bloodwork. Notice the friggin’ trend?!? Yesterday, my lining measured 16, with 2 follicles on the right side of 10mm each plus 2 more under 10mm, and 4 follicles on the left side measuring 16mm, 10mm, 12mm, and 12mm each plus 3 more under 10mm. I apparently am overachieving at follicle production this cycle.

I mentioned to DH last night that my fear now is that they won’t do the IUI because I’ll have hyperstim’d, and told him that part of me would love to just convert this to an IVF cycle. He will have no part of it. None. That’s not happening in my world with this husband. So I patiently (yeh, right!!!) await the call telling me to trigger tonight. That brings the whole “what do we do with the kids this weekend” question into play, unless we do the parking lot handoff game (DH drives down, gives his specimen, I leave 30 minutes later, meet in a parking lot somewhere near the center and exchange cars and/or children (whichever’s easier), and then I go in to sit in the stirrups for 20 minutes).

All I can say is that they’d better hurry up, as today’s bloodwork will show them that I’m going to “O” on my own during the next few days. I peed on the OPK stick and put it in the monitor this morning, and my LH is on the rise. I'm also concerned that if we don't do this during the next day or two, I'll be told that it's too late in my cycle to do the IUI as (if I were lucky enough to have an egg fertilize) there wouldn't be enough time in my cycle left to allow for good implantation. My cycle is usually 28 days (according to my calendar on www.cyclespage.com), but the last two have been 25 days each (thanks to the meds in June, I'm sure), so the clock's ticking.

Any thoughts or have any of you been through a similar cycle? Would love to hear of your experiences...