Follicular scan fun!

Today I had my follicle scan. The scan enables the follicle (fluid filled sacs which can contain an egg) in the ovary to be measured. When the follicles measure a certain size it can then be estimated when ovulation is likely to occur.

This person (not me!) had several well developed follicles, appears to be about 5.  Last month I had...one.
This month I had one lonely little follicle as well, like this:

However, this follicle was about ready to burst at 24mm, actually a little concerning that it is getting "over-ripe."  Too mature.  Like me :-)  However, the nurse practitioner wasn't too concerned at all about it being on the larger size and refilled my Ovidrel injection and scheduled me for IUI!  The Ovidrel is an injection that stimulates ovulation, on demand, essentially.

Once the Ovidrel is given this evening, ovulation is expected to occur about 36 hours later...which is when the IUI or intrauterine insemination is set up!  IUI is performed by threading a very thin flexible catheter through the cervix and injecting washed sperm directly into the uterus. Sounds exciting doesn't it? The odds of success are reported to be just under 6 percent and as high as 26 percent per cycle so keep your fingers crossed!