This cycle has indeed progressed very fast. And I am proud to say that I have taken a very hands-off approach so far. I have had 4 monitoring ultrasounds and b/ws so far and I have no idea what my E2 levels have been. All that I know is they have been looking good. For an “A-type” like me… that is a big deal! I am calm. I have faith on this cycle. If you ignore what happened on Friday, no negative thoughts whatsoever. Things are just going smooth.
Now, a little follie update.
I started taking Gane.relix and Micro.dose hCG on Friday night. So along with my Meno.pur shot, I had to take 3 shots in the evening. Yes… a pain… but no biggie. On yesterday’s u/s (my 4th), the follies looked awesome.
Right ovary: 7 follies that looked ready ranging from 20mm – 17mm; 1 other follie at 15mm.
Left ovary: 3 that looked ready ranging from 19mm-17mm; 5 others ranging from 16mm – 13mm.
The RE that did my scan said I was ready to trigger last night. She did warn me that I might not get as many eggs as my first time (18 retrieved w/ 16 mature) but she didn’t want to push me because my E2 levels were alarmingly high (>5000) last time. And apparently a high E2 like that can sometimes be detrimental to the quality of the eggs. Huh?? Really?? I thought E2 indicated the number, size, and maturity of the eggs. Oh wells, I didn’t probe on that further because: (a) She is the one with the medical degree and (b) I am paying her a lot of money to do this and (c) because of that, I better trust her.
My only concern with not having as many as last time is that I want to be able to get to day 5 this time. And I don’t know if 10 is good enough for that. We are scheduled to do ICSI. And, I wanted to make sure they are performing assissted hatching as well. I know this does not come into the picture until transfer time… but no harm in being proactive.
On a side note, since I have only 10 or so big follies, I don’t feel as “full” as last time. I can definitely feel my ovaries stretching and taking up quite a bit of space in my abdomen area, but it is not anywhere as bad as last time. I can still do all my activities, but just at a slow pace.
So I took my hCG trigger shot at 7:30pm last night. I take my enema (I know… yuck!) after dinner tonight to clear out my system. No eating or drinking (not even water) after midnight tonight. And off to have my ER @ 7:30am tomorrow.
The most exciting part of this process is about to begin. I am ready! :)