Sono #3

Well, I certainly didn't see this coming. My follicles are still developing, albeit slowly. The nurse said, "Things are getting urgent because we're coming up on shut-down." I'm thinking, "Shut-down, like, when you shut down my ovaries?" No. It turns out she means the period in the year when the fertility clinic shuts down and everyone goes on vacation. She said she'd talk to the reproductive endocrinologist today to figure out "what we're going to do." I said, "Didn't you build in a cushion of time in case my cycle went long?" and she said, "Yes, but you've already passed it."

If they cancel my cycle -- after 5 weeks on hormones of one kind or another -- I don't know what I'll do. It just seems so unfair: they're the ones who set up this schedule. I emailed the RE himself to implore him not to cancel my cycle. Please keep your fingers crossed for me.

UPDATE: Lucky me, the nurse got back to say they would keep the clinic open a few extra days to complete my cycle! I have one more sono on Wednesday; they anticipate having me take the hcg shot that night, so retrieval would be scheduled for Friday, with transfer (assuming they get any eggs, and at least one of them fertilizes) for Monday. It's good to still have some hope!