The leading follicle last Thursday really grew and it is ripe for the picking!

I don’t have ultrasound image to show today though because in my excitement, I forgot to remind Dr H to print it for me.

Endometrial Lining = 7.1 -> 10.2 -> 10.5
Right Ovary = 10: 7, 6/3, 5/5, 4 -> 6: 11, 10/3, 8, 7 -> 5: 16, 15, 14/2, 10
Left Ovary = 9: 8, 7, 6/4, 5, 4/2 -> 5: 14, 10, 9, 8/2 -> 5: 20, 15, 13, 11/2
Estradiol = 91 -> 380 -> ?

(For those who are new here - You can go to Follistim response in the top tabs to see the tabulation of all my stats summary from both cycles.)

Dr H said she’ll print an ultrasound image tomorrow. Maybe, it will not show up as big anymore though since I injected Ovidrel this afternoon. She also mentioned that the other 3 next biggest would be candidates too. So potentially I will ovulate 1-4 eggs. Yaiikkks -potentially, quadrups?

So… we will be going in for our very first IUI tomorrow !!!

When I asked Dr H about the probability of conception for IUI, I initially got the “it depends on the quality of the egg”. I eventually got some quantity: 20-25%. This is about the same as the IVF success rates (live birth) they have for my age range.

We then asked about what the effect of SA low morphology to this probability and she said that post-count wash count was more important that morphology. The desired level is 10million count. I better go take care of the boys now.

Meanwhile, say a prayer for us!

Murphy threw a couple of curveballs today - I woke up late because of tossing and turning last night thinking of the “expired” Follistim (will post about this separately) and then I had to get some gas because DH did not replenish the car’s gas. So there I was late for a 7:30am ultrasound appointment, so I detoured for the blood draw because I didn’t want to be late for both. It was already 8:45 when I came in for my ultrasound appointment. Dr Hansard graciously squeezed me into her schedule - but not without asking me why I was late.

I have 1 “leading” follicle - yehey!!!

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The effect of the lower Follistim dosage on my left ovary is shown in the ultrasound image below: (It was Cindy the sonologist who did the ultrasound.)

Other stats are as follows:
Endometrial Lining = 7.1
Right Ovary = 10: 7, 6/3, 5/5, 4
Left Ovary = 9: 8, 7, 6/4, 5, 4/2
Estradiol = 91
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June 7 is our 5th Anniversary and we are out of town - enjoying the sights and staying in a Bed and Breakfast inn!

I was about to give myself a 150 Follistim when Al remembered that he got an earlier call that I should reduce the dosage to 75, 75, 75 Follistim instead. Well, talk about timing. Almost had the double of that.

Since I was not able to talk to whoever called that in, not sure what triggered the Follistim dosage decrease. I suspect that the estradiol results had something to do with it. [Read more →]

It’s a Saturday and the only lab open is St Davids Main at 32nd St, downtown Austin. That’s about 25 miles from home and we almost did not make it to the 8:00 am cut-off for the Estradiol blood draw. I was trying not to be affected despite the note that “failure to go to the correct lab could result in the cancellation of your cycle due to the delay in obtaining your results”. I pushed away thoughts such as - what if we were really late for the lab? that’s another month to wait again…that’s more than a $1000 wasted. [Read more →]