jenn_unplugged (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
jenn_unplugged) wrote2007-06-24 09:55 pm
jenn_unplugged) wrote2007-06-24 09:55 pm
IVF: CD 8
I had blood drawn Saturday morning at 7:30 (which I had to go all the way downtown to the hospital to do), then home to cook breakfast, then back down to the clinic for a sonogram at 10:00. It made for a busy morning!
The sono showed four follicles on each ovary, measuring 10, 10, 9, and 8 on the right, and 9, 8, 6, and 5.5 on the left. So, not such great news. There should be more of them and they should be bigger at this point. The doctor said he wanted to look at my estradiol level (estrogen basically, from the blood test) before he made a decision about my dosage. He said since things seemed to be moving slowly, they might give me a higher dose again.
My estradiol turned out to be 256, which is apparently within the range of what they were expecting to see. So the doctor decided to keep my dose at 300 units for the next three days. I go back on Tuesday for more blood tests and another sono, and I guess at that point we'll find out what will happen. What I recall from my IUI experiences is that the follicles are close to mature when they measure 20-22, and they grow about 2mm a day. So a 10mm follicle on Saturday would measure 20 on Thursday, which could put my egg retrieval on Friday, maybe Saturday. I guess I'll find out on Tuesday what the next step is. It's going by so quickly!
In other news, Doug's parents are here visiting us this weekend, and we've had a lot of fun. We cooked breakfast and dinner every day, and went out for lunch. So yes, we ate waaay too much! We drove around the lake Saturday, which was just gorgeous. We've had a lot of rain this spring, so the lake is full again and the hills around it are green and lush. It was amazing! We had lunch at one of our favorite lake restaurants, where we got to watch people come in and out on their boats. One of these weekends, Doug and I are going to rent a boat and spend a day out on the lake. When it gets cooler, maybe.
The sono showed four follicles on each ovary, measuring 10, 10, 9, and 8 on the right, and 9, 8, 6, and 5.5 on the left. So, not such great news. There should be more of them and they should be bigger at this point. The doctor said he wanted to look at my estradiol level (estrogen basically, from the blood test) before he made a decision about my dosage. He said since things seemed to be moving slowly, they might give me a higher dose again.
My estradiol turned out to be 256, which is apparently within the range of what they were expecting to see. So the doctor decided to keep my dose at 300 units for the next three days. I go back on Tuesday for more blood tests and another sono, and I guess at that point we'll find out what will happen. What I recall from my IUI experiences is that the follicles are close to mature when they measure 20-22, and they grow about 2mm a day. So a 10mm follicle on Saturday would measure 20 on Thursday, which could put my egg retrieval on Friday, maybe Saturday. I guess I'll find out on Tuesday what the next step is. It's going by so quickly!
In other news, Doug's parents are here visiting us this weekend, and we've had a lot of fun. We cooked breakfast and dinner every day, and went out for lunch. So yes, we ate waaay too much! We drove around the lake Saturday, which was just gorgeous. We've had a lot of rain this spring, so the lake is full again and the hills around it are green and lush. It was amazing! We had lunch at one of our favorite lake restaurants, where we got to watch people come in and out on their boats. One of these weekends, Doug and I are going to rent a boat and spend a day out on the lake. When it gets cooler, maybe.