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And the winner is: LUCKY #7! Today I cried tears of happiness for a change. Today I have 7 follicles. I was prepared to move forward with 3 follicles if that is what my body could make. I said I would happy with 5, ecstatic with 6, and here we are with 7 - maybbbee 8 decently sized follicles. Maybe it's Aunt Flo, maybe it really is just a release of the tension I had built up in my body leading up to this appointment (probably both), but when @eggwhisperer counted those little follicles I just burst into tears. For someone with #diminishedovarianreserve , we are beginning the IVF pyramid already at a disadvantage. Making eggs, let alone embryos is hard and not a guarantee. I know this is just baseline. I know how this works. It's a starting point. But for my body, it feels like I am starting this marathon with a head start and I feel so grateful in this moment. Thank you to everyone who has been rooting for me over these last few months - through 2 failed embryo transfers to our surrogate, through PRP, through C*VID, through a complete hormonal crash, and through my battle to get my health back. I can't say I am excited to be back in this position - essentially starting over. There are a million things over the last few years I wish had gone differently. And just generally IVF is not "exciting". But if this is the path we have chosen to take to grow our family, and it is, I feel like today was a win. And boy did I need a win. 3rd time’s the charm with lucky #7 right? . . . #ivf #ivfround3 #eggretrieval #ivfjourney #ivfcommunity #ivfwarrior #infertility #infertilityawareness #infertilitysucks #infertilitysupport #fertilityjourney #myinfertilitystory #infertileaf #menopur #gonalf #dor #eggquality #embryology #surrogacy #intendedparents #letsgetpumped #lfg