Phrases I Never Thought I'd Hear: You've Got a Good Looking Uterus

Over the past year I have hear, and said, many phrases that I'd never thought about before.

Infertility does that to you.

It makes you research & google things you never imagined.

It makes you follow blog post and pinterest pins you wouldn't have noticed before.

It also opens up a new world of vocabulary.

Of the many things I've heard, some of which I'm sure I'll share at some point, one of the weirdest things was heard at yesterday's mid-cycle ultrasound. During the ultrasound the doctor remarked "You've got at good looking uterus." Have mercy. Really? I've got a good looking uterus? It'd be better looking if you found a baby in there! Alas, he was simply commenting that the lining of my uterus was building nicely and should be thick enough to provide a good place for a fertilized egg to implant. But, hey, I guess it's good to know I've got a good looking uterus!

The next thing the doctor started talking about was my follicles. So many things I never thought I'd talk about, but here we were, talking about the size of the follicles developing in my ovaries. He said that the Clomid seems to be doing it's job as I've got a few immature follicles that look like they're growing nicely and at least one should be ready to produce a mature egg by the beginning of next week.

Yay for good looking uterus' and maturing follicles! Again, sentences I never thought I'd say...

I get to pee on sticks to see if I get an LH surge on my own, and if I do then I'm supposed to give myself a shot when I get the positive, if I don't we do the shot Tuesday morning to help ovulation along.

Praying for a good ovulation, a good egg, and conception this week, then implantation next week!

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