Let me just add a side note here...our doctor is very good at telling us what is on the ultrasound screen. That's a good thing. Quite frankly, if it were left to Heidi and I, we wouldn't be able to tell one black spot from the next or one grainy spot from the next. It's all a mish-mosh on the monitor. Thank goodness Dr. Weldon is very descriptive as he moves his magic egg counter around. Otherwise, we'd have absolutely no idea what was going on in there.
Back to the point, so he puts the magic egg counter on the left side first. He's a little shocked as he begins to count the follicles...one, two, three, four, five. Five follicles on one side. He carefully measures each follicle and all of them appear to be maturing equally. Another aside for the fertilitiy lingo challenged...on average, two dominate follicles will mature and compete for the ride down the fallopian flume. So, five is, well, above average. Then he moves to the right side. Again, disbelief...one, two, three, four, again, all equally mature. That's nine (for those who are also mathematically challenged). Nine mature follicles. His quote "you have enough in there to populate a small village". Needless to say, the Clomid worked. It worked a little too well actually. If we were to inseminate right now, we'd likely be the stars of the next TLC series about multiples. The chances of having several little kiddies is very high. And while we want a baby, we don't really want nine. At least not all at the same time! (Let's be honest, I don't ever want nine kids. Ever.)
So what does that mean? It means that we'll be waiting another cycle. Why? See the last sentence of the last paragraph. And Heidi is all of 94 lbs. Where on earth would she store nine babies? So we are going to lower the dosage of Clomid, which for Heidi, means cutting her next pills in half. She was already on the lowest dosage and because her little baby making factory is a bit of an over-achiever, she created a future village.
The doctor was actually so taken aback he finished the ultrasound, put everything away, turned on the lights and then realized he wasn't done...he still needed to measure her uterine lining. So, he started over...long story short, her uterine lining is fabulous, as I knew it would be. One of the worries with Clomid include the potential thinning of her uterine lining. Not a worry here...little miss egg maker not only over-achieved on her egg making, she also kept a strong lining. I'm so proud. Who knew all of that could be happening in her tiny little body? I tell you, when she puts her mind, and her uterus, to something, there's no stopping her. LOL
The last patient of Dr. Weldon's that had this high of a follicle count on Clomid also waited until her next cycle to ovulate. She had three follicles at her next cycle and she inseminated. She's now mommy to twins. Again...there's no way on earth we'd want to inseminate with nine follicles. But the good news, his last patient got pregnant on her first insemination after waiting the cycle. Hopefully, we'll follow her lead. Of course, it would be nice if we only made one little Heidi, not two, but still, better than nine. LOL
We go back to the doctor on Monday just to make sure none of the follicle were actually ovarian cysts. The doctor was pretty confident they were all follicles, but he likes to be thorough. Good thing, I don't think we have nine baby names...
