First local monitoring

I went today to the local clinic where I do my monitoring for the far away clinic. Today was just bloodwork, to see if my e2 is rising appropriately. I went back and read my blog from the last FET prep, and at this stage, my e2 came back low, and they upped me from one patch to four. I wonder what will happen today.

I have to say, thank your chosen diety for this blog. I have a decent record of what I did before, and it has been great to go back and read about what I was going through the last time I did all of this. Granted, I am in such a different place now, and this time it feels very different, but still. It is so helpful to read back and be reminded of the whole process again. And be prepared that I may have low e2 today, like I did last time. And that having a low e2 is ok. And that all this juicy lady bits stuff going on right now is exactly what happened to me last time too. All normal.

My other big thought for today is it is tough to go back into a fertility clinic waiting room. You can just feel the angst, it radiates. There was one couple in there today, the woman just looked so sad, so stunned. Her husband/partner was doing the male equivalent to that - playing on his smartphone with a vengeance. I have no idea what what going on with them, but my heart just went out to her. I know that place, that lost corner of the waiting room.

Anyway, now I wait for my bloodwork results. Fingers crossed for good results!

EDITED TO ADD: Yup, crappy e2 yet again. 32 or 33 or something, when they want above 50. So I'm on oral estrace in addition to the patches. Already took my first one tonight, let's hope it does the trick.