Yesterday's post was titled: Movin' Forward. It should have been called Wishful Thinking. Notice today's title. Yesterday's post was hopeful and optimistic. Warning: today's post is a bit crabby.
I really needed today's results to break the bad-news-from-the-RE's spell. We have yet to go there and get exactly what we want to hear- or really even good news. I am scared, very scared, that this trend will continue up until our very last appointment there. Apparently God did not think I needed good news today as much as I did.
Today's results: lining was fine at 5.5. E2 B/W was not so fine at a whopping 124.
Suppressed, I am NOT.
So... no cool Follistim pen for me yet. What a waste of four hours of my day driving back and forth (and a waste of a half day off of work for Jake). I do, however, get to up my Lupron injection from 5 units (which for the record, I have always thought was awfully low compared to other IVF blog info) to 20 units... twice a day. That's 40 units of Lupron daily (or 8 times the amount I was taking). Did the first one all by my lonesome after the phone call- no Jake as a cheerleader even, this time.
So back to the RE on Friday I will go... and we'll do take two at hopeful suppression. Let's also hope that this XL dose of Lupron only has to be given until then.
I have a sneaking suspicion that those Lupron side effects that I said "weren't that bad" are about to get a whole lot worse. Oh fun, fun.
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Oh my goodness, that is quite a huge increase! But I guess they know what they're doing. Hopefully the side effects won't get drastically more pronounced now. Sorry you had such a long drive only to learn you have to wait some more. Boooo. :(
So sorry things didn't go according to plan. I hope the Lupron increase won't be too rough on you. I know it's really disappointing.
HUGS
Ugh, what a week so far, huh? I'm sorry you didn't get the results you wanted. How long will you have to take the increased dosage of Lupron before they run b/w again?
I still haven't heard from the RE's office. I'm so frustrated.
Ugh, so sorry things aren't going the way you had expected. You are in my prayers.
Well, once again there you are rolling with the punches as another curveball gets thrown your way. I hope that the new dosage of Lupron supresses you so that on Friday you get some good news. HUGS!
Sorry you weren't completely suppressed. I just hate those unexpected surprises!
Your post made me realize that I too could not be completely suppressed. Guess I'll find out in the morning. I'll keep you posted.
Hey! Thanks for stopping by! We're just past the three year mark as well and moving on to our 3rd IVF in July.
So sorry about the E2 results! I'm looking forward to following your journey!
Hi there,
Came across you blog now, and would like to keep track of your journey!
Again I'm so sorry about the delays, I know it wasn't what you thought the process was going to be like, but I am so hopeful for your appt on Friday. I'll be thinking about you all day and waiting to hear your good news!!
The E2 levels I mentioned in my post are for cd3 (on a normal cycle - where you normally are *not* stimulated by that time). The levels are bound to go up as your follicles grow... I am not sure if you are comparing the values I listed with the 124 that you mentioned in your post. I am not sure what the values are like after suppression etc (I guess if your E2 has started going up it probably means you were not suppressed enough (which you already mentioned) and the follicles have already started growing? - not sure). I had never discussed E2 values with the RE in as much detail as FSH... and for FSH, if its above 15ish, my clinic recommends donor egg... so I am assuming thats what they mean by 100 cut off for E2. If you speak with your RE about this, please let me know what he/she says. Hope the increased dose helps your suppression. Fingers crossed!
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