CD 11 -- had another monitoring appointment (ultrasound + bloodwork) this morning.
Still tracking 5 follicles. Three in a row are 14.7, 13.5 and 13. Another one on that side is around 10. The other side has a 12. So still pretty close in size, which is good -- the 10 may not keep up, but it could potentially have an egg inside at this point, so we'll keep our fingers crossed. There may be another small one tucked in there, but couldn't tell for sure.
Lining is in good shape at 10.6.
Estradiol is 848, LH is 4.0 and progesterone is 0.2. I took my first Ganirelix this morning and will continue with stims through Monday night. Tuesday morning I go in for another appointment which will determine if I take stims in the morning, but the trigger shot will definitely be Tuesday night, for a Thursday retrieval.
Slept horribly last night. None of my medications are supposed to cause that (and only the Parlodel which treats the elevated prolactin is new to this cycle). So I'm thinking I'll use Tylenol PM tonight to make sure I get some rest.
Definitely feeling somewhat swollen in my abdomen. I can't imagine (and will never know) what it feels like when people have 25-30 follicles growing like this.
Really glad we continue to be on track, and no follicles have disappeared. Makes for a lot of similar blog posts, but I'll take that. :)
My husband and I started trying to have a baby in 2007. We ended up doing 5 rounds of IVF with our own eggs, miscarrying twice due to chromosomal abnormalities, and then moved to donor eggs. Our son was born in 2012. After two unexplained miscarriages trying for a sibling, we found a gestational surrogate, who carried our second son (2015) and our daughter (2018).
Nice progress! I have to agree, I wonder what 25-30 follies feel like. I was so uncomfortable on clomid. I can;t imagine what injectables will feel like. Yikes.
ReplyDeleteYea for things growing so evenly and nicely! Sending you lots of luck. I know the first time I was on lupron it messed with my sleep. I think I remember you saying you weren't on that though. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSounds like everything is right where it needs to be - that's great! Will be tracking your progress over the next few days.
ReplyDeleteSounds like things are going very well. Sending you positive thoughts that things continue on this boring but great road!
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