Ready for Follistim Cycle #2?

My cyst monitoring ultrasound turned out to be my baseline ultrasound for the next Follistim cycle. The last 2 follicles on my right ovary that were >20mm are gone. (Yes!) So I should be ready for Clomid, said Dr Hansard…

Wait a minute… We’ve tried Clomid and that did not work. We’re not going back to Clomid, are we?

Dr Hansard checks my charts and realizes her faux pas. She says she must be hungry already. Perhaps since it was noon. So, yes, we were ready for Follistim and my instructions are 75, 75, 75 IU in the next 3 days.

Well, not exactly the next 3 days because if I start Thursday, I need to go in on Sunday for ultrasound and estradiol monitoring. That means additional surcharge for coming on a weekend, which (of course), I said no to. Instead, I start Friday and go in on Monday. I guess it is okay to start Follistim on CD5 then…(I thought I needed to start it on CD3). (I should mention that I have a great assumption in here and in the last blog - that CD1 was 7/7/2008.)

Dr Hansard also said that she would be happy to see 3-5 follicles mature in this Follistim cycle #2. Oh, I guess this next one is good news… Dr Hansard said that during the previous Follistim cycle #1, she did not expect a lot of my follicles to be stimulated considering my age. I jested that my eggs must all this pent-up potential (masked by my previous dermoid cysts and chaotic hormone levels) that they are all so excited to grow. Good girls!

I wonder though if this suggests that I still have significant ovarian reserves and that my egg quality is still good??? I should ask that question on my next visit.

Meanwhile, stay tuned for the next few days on the saga of Follistim cycle #2! Have a great weekend!

COST: $180 (Follicular Ultrasound)