appt #5

I can't remember if I said this last cycle, but Ganirelix is like flipping a damn switch.  I went from feeling fine to sore, bloated and cranky within a matter of hours after my first shot.  I started them Sunday night, had off Monday and went back in yesterday.  Not much improvement lining wise, but I'll take it as good news that it wasn't much worse after starting the Ganirelix.  She measured between 6.9 and 7.25, and told the tech 7.3, so I guess they add a little to whatever the u/s machine can pick up?  I think my biggest follicle was still only around a 14 or so, putting trigger a bit further out than last time.   I had hoped to trigger Friday night, because we are going out to dinner with SIL and BIL that night, and have an annual holiday party on Saturday.  I'd planned to cut myself a little slack if we'd made it to trigger and enjoy a drink or two, plus eat whatever the hell I wanted (sort of).   I guess we'll see how my lining looks before making that call.

I did have an appointment for a fertility massage yesterday.   It was somewhat what I expected.  The therapist was really nice, and had made an effort to read up on FET cycles before I got there, but I've yet to come across any holistic fertility specialist who actually gets INfertility.  Go figure.    So I was on the table over an hour...she did some massage with castor oil on my abdomen, saying it actually had a lot of healing properties, and put a hot water pad on the area while she worked with pressure points in my arms and legs.  It was more deep tissue massage than regular massage, and when she went back to the abdominal massage...some of that stuff hurt!   My left side was fine, but my right hip area was "stuck" as she put it, and that is pretty much what it felt like.   I think it did help though, we'll see what tomorrow's monitoring brings as far as determining if I try it again before transfer.