2002-11-19 - 10:10 a.m. - Cycle day: 37

Looks like the waiting may be over. My temp dipped almost half a degree this morning, which I expected after noticing some very faint spotting last night. As The Husband observed, it's a bittersweet turn of events. It hurts to let go of the hope, but it's encouraging to know that I did have a fairly normal cycle (today would be exactly 14 days past my last likely ovulation date, although based on my progesterone result, I'm guessing my ovulation date was actually cd 21).

I know Dr. RE's nurse is going to want to double my Clomid dosage for this next cycle, and I'm torn about that. I'm not eager to up the hormones, especially since I did seem to ovulate just fine (although belatedly) on 50 mg. Part of me worries that maybe 50 mg didn't produce a high quality egg, though, and that's why it was so late. (For the record, I'm just making that theory up; it has no basis in any medical science that I know of.) If 100 mg improves my odds, then I'm less opposed to it. But I'm still nervous about escalating so quickly, especially since I feel like I'm more knowledgeable about my cycle than the medical professionals are at this point.

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