I just got great news from the doctor! After my morning appointment I was worried that I was responding too slowly. My lining had increased from 7mm to 9mm but my follicles were slow growing. I now have 12 follicles on my right ovary ranging in size from 7mm-13mm and 12-14 follicles on my left ovary in the same range. I also still have a bunch of little ones that they didn't even bother measuring. They want them in the 18mm-22mm range. I was a little disappointed because I felt like I wasn't responding fast enough.
Well, I think I was wrong. I just got the call with my blood work results and was very pleasantly surprised. My estrogen level has increased from 296 on Monday to 1,002 today!!! That number indicates that my follicles are getting closer to being mature.
With those numbers they have decided to DECREASE my dosage of Follistim from 75iu to 50iu every morning and evening and keep my Lupron at 5 units. I will continue that routine until Friday when I will stop Follistim all together and go in for another ultrasound and blood work. I am pretty sure, with them stopping the Follistim, that I will "trigger" with my Ovidrel on Friday and possibly have an egg retrieval on Sunday!
What the Ovidrel "trigger" does is mature the eggs and prepares my body for ovulation. Since, obviously, they don't want me to ovulate on my own, the trigger is timed exactly 35 hours before the egg retrieval. That means if I need to trigger at 2:37 in the morning, that's when I have to get up and do it. After I take the Ovidrel, I'll go in for a pre-op appointment and then the retrieval the next day.
I am so excited that we are getting down to the wire on this!! I'm really crossing my fingers that everything goes well at my appointment on Friday. I seriously can't believe this is happening. I keep waiting for something bad to happen because it ALWAYS does. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
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this is such great news! I am so friggin' excited for you!!
NO negative thoughts! Only positive! I am still having my dreams too! Except in the latest dream you had Emma and Little Joe! My fingers and my toes are crossed and I am picturing flying to Florida for a baby shower!
Happy shooting up!!!! Love you guys! Em
YAY!! That is so exciting! I will keep my fingers crossed!
I am so happy with this news that I just want to cry with excitement-----I am praying so hard for all of this to work----positive thoughts as Emmy says and there are a lot of people pulling for you and crossing fingers, toes and etc. ....can'twait until Friday.....xoxoxoxo Mom
positive thoughts!!! i am so excited too! we're all praying for you! xoxoxo
It's official. I can honestly say that I've never been as excited as I am to hear about someone else's ovaries, uterus & follicles! I'm so happy that things are turning around for you and FINALLY going y'alls way. You both deserve it! Keep strong & positive.
XOXOXOX Kim
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