Un Dîner Parfait (A Perfect Dinner)

Yesterday I was invited to a French luncheon by our hoste, Ginger.  She brought me along to her monthly gathering of Frenchies; expats, M's, authors, professors, musicians, etc.  The dining room was filled with diverse people, delicious food, different French accents and interesting stories.  I even spoke Wolof with former colleagues from Senegal!  Baaxnaa lol!  It was an inspiring rencontre . (But boy, has my French gone down hill these last 5 months!)

Merci, Steve for juggling your work while tending to our sick girls so that I could go. They have been battling the stomach flu for 36 hours!  I am trusting it will skip me as not to complicate this stimulation phase.  Canceling it would be devastating.

  

On a very positive note...here is another round of good news after today's doctor's visit.  The 11 or 12 follicules are numerous and growing well.  Here they are:

Right Ovary:      Left 0vary:

F1  14.2mm      F1 13.2mm

F2    8.4mm      F2 13.6mm

F3    7.9mm      F3   7.2mm

F4  10.9mm      F4   9.8mm

F5    8.5mm      F5 11.8mm

F6    5mm         F6   9.8mm

F7    5mm
Estrogen has jumped up to 1,067!  That is 420 in just 2 days.

These are the most follicles I've had so far in each IVF attempt! If each one of these follicles holds a mature, strong egg than we could possibly have 1or 2 healthy, HLA matched embryos. Statistics show that 1 out of 8 embryos will be a disease free, HLA match.  But, I believe that with even one egg, all things are possible with God! 

It's likely that after this Friday's ultrasound and blood tests, I may take my "trigger" shot in the evening.  This means the eggs could be retreieved as early at Sunday!  Things are moving along.

Thanks for your time.  I love reading your comments!