Monday, February 26, 2018

TTC2.0 CD13 and CD16 update

Soooo, things have changed! On CD13, I went in for my ultrasound and blood work. Ultrasound showed the follicle on my right hadn't grown, but all of the sudden there was a follicle on the left measuring at 13mm. Lining was around 8.3mm. The doctor said, okay maybe this is the follicle that  will be dominant (referring to my left one). She called me later that day and my estrogen rose to 73.5 from 29. Okay, we're going somewhere!

CD15-Last night I decided to take an OPK around 8:30. Most of the time, I don't bother taking them until the mornings. Of course the ones I'm using have been all weird and blotchy, but it looked positive or almost positive. I start freaking out, of course.

CD16-I wake up and take an OPK. VERY positive. Go in at 7:15am and tell the doctor I tested positive with the OPK this morning. She checks my follicles. The one on the right is 19.5! The one on the left.... is gone... or at least we think it's gone. She had a hard time seeing anything on the left. OH! and my lining was 10mm!! omg! I went home to trigger right after the appointment and scheduled the IUI for tomorrow morning at 7:30. Of course, now I'm freaking out that I'll miss ovulation! Waiting for the doctor to call me with my levels, which should be in about 2 hours!!

Blood Levels

E2 190
LH 68


Thursday, February 22, 2018

TTC2.0 IUI#3 CD12 Third time is not the charm...

So yesterday was CD12. My son and I went in for our appointment and were SO happy because the Doctor that helped us get pregnant with Liam was there to do my ultrasound. I had not seen him since I was 8 weeks pregnant! Immediately, I knew this was good luck. The ultrasound went GREAT. 8.6mm lining (Holy cow! My lining has NEVER been that big) and 1 lead follicle at 15mm. There were 3-4 others on the right side around 7-8mm. I was hoping for more, but I'm totally fine with these odds. Left the appointment super happy and they told me to come back Friday and I'd likely trigger that night for a Sunday IUI. GREAT! These appointments have been on all of my days off, which has been fantastic! Later that afternoon, I get a call from a nurse saying that my E2 levels are at 29.4, which means my body isn't reacting to the medicine like it should. She said it was very strange especially since my E2 levels were at 40 on CD3 and the fact that I had a mature follicle... I'm still going in tomorrow where they'll do another ultrasound and recheck my blood work. She said "I'm hoping it's lab error." I really hope so too. Otherwise, this cycle will be cancelled... We will be taking a break for a month too if this cycle is cancelled because we don't want a Christmas baby. :( Needless to say, my day was crushed at 4PM yesterday..

BLOOD LEVELS:
        E2 Level:       29.4
        LH Level:       8.69
        P4 Level:       <0.20

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

BFN! Onto IUI#3 for TTC2.0-UPDATED

So we tested last Wednesday when I was 13dpiui. It was definitely a stark white! Of course I was upset, but we knew this was a bad cycle.

Onto the next cycle. We're doing L.etro.zole this time starting today, CD4 through CD8. I'm hoping I react well to these meds. Here is the info so far:

IUI#3
CD4-5 follicles right, 4 follicles left. Will update with blood work later.

BLOOD LEVELS: E2 Level: 41.2 HCG Level: <1.00 FSH Level: 3.37 LH Level: 5.30 P4 Level: 0.535 TSH Level: 2.07