Thursday, January 21, 2016

A Fun Surprise and some more hope!

So my appointment on Tuesday wasn't too bad. I had a nice little surprise from my doctor; the ultrasound revealed that my dominant follicle appeared to be on my left side! That was a shocker! In the nearly year that I have been doing this, I have yet to have had the dominant appear on the left side. It was a happy little turn of events. She said that they were a tad on the small side. The one on my left measured at 10mm and the one on my right was around 8mm. She said that with the Follistim, I should hopefully grow about 2mm a day resulting in a follicle measuring around 18mm, just the right size for IUI. Here is the downside…my appointment on Sunday showed an E2 (Estradiol/Estrogen)  number of 56, which is on the low side, so they upped my dosage from 75 IU to 100 IU. My appointment Tuesday showed the same number. She said that it should have at least doubled by now, so they upped my dosage to 125 IU. My next appointment will be tomorrow(Friday) morning. Because I am a Googler, I of course have been spending countless hours reading and researching various topics that cover what I am going through. I have seen articles or message boards of women who have had success with Follistim who had low numbers such as myself. They have praised the low numbers saying it helped them achieve a stronger follicle/egg and had a healthy baby. Then, on the other side of the spectrum, there are women who have had cycles cancelled because of the low numbers, and have said that their body didn't react well to Follistim. All of this makes me super nervous. I will be able to get a better idea of which direction we are heading after tomorrow’s appointment. I will get to see if there has been growth of my lefty miracle, and compare my levels of E2 since my dosage has been upped. I need lots of prayers and fingers crossed for tomorrow’s appointment. If all goes well, I will be heading down that little IUI golden road! More to come soon! :)

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