I had an appointment this morning at 8:15 for a third day of my cycle ultrasound. I know this must be important to me, because I can't remember the last time I woke up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday!

I met my new doctor. She's very nice. She gave me a prescription for Clomid and I go back in 10 days for another ultrasound to try and determine when I ovulate.

Because my cycles are only 24 days and I am most likely ovulating late in my cycle, the current diagnosis is that I have a luteal phase deficiency. Basically, I'm ovulating, but the follicle that is releasing the egg isn't very strong and isn't releasing enough of the hormones it needs to for successful conception. Hopefully, the Clomid will strengthen the follicle.

I made two decisions today. The first was to start with 50 mg of Clomid instead of 100 mg. The higher dose would attempt to stimulate more than one follicle and if I wasn't ovulating would definitely be the way to go. Since I'm ovulating, my follicle just isn't strong enough, we went with the lower dose to stimulate just one follicle. We can go to the 100 if the 50 doesn't work.

The second decision was to try the Clomid with just intercourse this month, no IUI.

That's about it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.