HCG Shot

Yesterday I went back to see Dr. Trolice after taking the Clomid Dr. Crider prescribed for me. I feel like I need a coach and Dr. Crider's practice is just too busy for that. I wasn't getting anywhere using the OPK's and I've heard that sometimes women ovulate late on it. He was impressed by my blood work Dr. Smolen ordered and could tell that I had lost more weight. He had my blood drawn to check progesterone level and he also did an ultrasound to see if I've ovulated. According to the ultrasound I hadn't ovulated but my lining looked good (12) and he could see both ovaries. He also saw 1 follicle (size 25) which was a little mis-shapen. I got a call from Amy this morning that my progesterone came back at 0.9 which is negative for ovulation. I went in for an HCG shot in the stomach and picked up progesterone suppositories. This will help me ovulate within 36 hours. Chad will be a lucky man for a few days :) Sunday I start the suppositories and then the hard part begins. WAITING. I'm supposed to take a home pregnancy test on December 20th, one day before Chad's 34th birthday. So either way, I'll know something while we're on vacation. What a gift from God that would be on his own birthday, Christmas Day! I continue to research what a follicle size 25 means, what a mis-shaped follicle means, etc and it just freaks me out. From what I've read having only 1 follicle is probably not a good thing, I should have more especially since I just took Clomid. Also, having a follicle size of 25 isn't good because it probably isn't viable, it's more than likely just a cyst. It should be around 18mm. This is all in God's hands, so it really doesn't matter what I read. If this is truly meant to be (this cycle anyway) then it will happen. I have to trust that. At least now my Mom knows, and since she's been through all this before, it helps talking to her about this. I'm so glad I told her too since I felt like I was hiding something from her.