Have you ever seen an ultrasound of your ovaries? Well, it is magical and amazing and super exciting. That's a lie. It looks like a picture of a night sky and you need someone to interpret it for you. In my case, it was Heather the Nurse. She was pointing out my follicles and telling me how they were developing. I pretty much just nodded my head and took her word for it.
The good news is that I had a follicle ready to release an egg. The bad news is there's no way of telling if it has any chance of becoming a pregnancy or if it is just another piece of shit egg that will result in nothing, or worse, something that won't make it.
The best part of the ultrasound was when I walked into the room and the MA told me I only needed to undress from the waist down. I was confused and thought "well why do I need to take my pants off??" Then I turned around and saw this:
Only mine had a giant condom with some ultrasound gel on it. It was a strange mix of uneasiness and leftover arousal from a toy I have that is similarly shaped. All right all right, I'm just kidding. I wasn't really turned on by the giant probe (or by Heather the Nurse for that matter.) It was over in a snap and it was really quite interesting.
yikes. Also secondarily infertile, and not yet brave enough to try what you're doing! Thanks for the simultaneous fear and inspiration. ;)
ReplyDeleteI will be going through the same thing twice a month once I decide when I am going to start seeing my new Dr. I was actually wondering what those things liiked like, lol.
ReplyDeleteJustine - It wasn't really bad, just odd!!
ReplyDeleteMissy - Good luck! I think I am on a monthly visit with the probe as well!