Comments are NOT working, by the way. I checked the provider website and it said they were doing some maintenance over the weekend, and adding a server. We'll see if it helps.

The cute RE with whom we had our initial consultation last year did my ultrasound yesterday. He was late, which made me late for church, after I'd told the director of our singing group I'd be there. He was apologetic, though. He called out measurements for 16(!) follies on my right ovary and still just the 2 on my left. He asked (as did the dr. Saturday) if I'd had surgery on the left ovary. Well, anyway, Yvonne (IVF nurse) thinks retrieval will be Wednesday. I'm waiting for today's call to find out if my trigger (HCG) shot will be tonight. I'm probably done with the little needles and can celebrate no shots at all tomorrow!

When waiting for my blood test Saturday, one of the other ladies asked if it was my first IVF and when I said no, she asked how bad it was. I said I didn't think it was that bad, and she said someone had told her the HSG wasn't bad, but it was. I told her that was actually the worst part of it for me (well, other than the fact that it didn't work, but I didn't bring that up!). No one's really ever talked to me or asked questions before and I liked it. There was another lady waiting and she talked some, too. I don't know why we all usually feel so afraid to just chat. Maybe we don't want to know that someone's doing better, or worse, or we're embarrassed. I don't know. Some of the ladies on the message boards I'm participating in live in the same cities, and get together for lunch or to chat. I'd like that. I've told several people about this this time, and they're interested and ask me all about it, but it's not the same as talking to another woman who's going through it.