Blue Day

CD 8, Day 6 of Stims

Sorry to post a less-positive post, but anyone involved if ART will understand that these days come.

I was super-excited for my doctor's appointment this morning.  Dr. H came in with Nurse M which is always nice because of the increased availability of information.  However, on the ultrasound there were only 9 follicles measuring over 10 mm.  On the right there were two: 11 and 14 mm and on the left there were seven: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17.  Dr. H said it is unusual (though not rare) to have such a disparate amount of follicles on the two ovaries, but didn't have an explanation.  What I got from that is that you would usually expect to have a similar number of follicles on the two ovaries, and apparently my right ovary is not responding well for some reason.  If the right ovary was responding correctly, I would have around 14 follicles which is more the number I was expecting.

I've been feeling blue about this today, but after a nap, feel a bit better and want to be thankful for what I have.

Dr. H was kind to point out a positive point - we won't have 20 eggs, but that also means we probably won't have 6 frozen embryos to have to decide what to do with (depending on the family size we want).  In this, the positive I can see is that if we aren't successful, there won't be tons of frozen embryos to transfer before we can move on to another fresh cycle in which we can change the protocol and hope for a better result.  Then again, we only need 1 or hopefully 2 good embryos to transfer and if we are successful, we won't need to worry about this anyway!

I already heard back from the clinic and my E2 (Estradiol) is 723, up from 157 on Friday so we're actually cutting back a bit on the meds to keep things from going too quickly.

I'll go back on Wednesday and trigger Thursday or Friday for a Saturday or Sunday ER.  It's getting close!  Time to get excited again (after I get over being blue).