meeting with the RE and round 2 (a little on the long side)

brittneyandadam

I had an appt with the RE a few days after AF appeared to discuss the plan of action. (Actually, it was his NP since he's been out recovering from cancer treatments. I haven't met the RE face to face.) She said that she was pleased with my response to Femara and was surprised that the IUI didn't take. She said the only reason she thinks I didn't get pregnant was that I was unlucky. Yes, thanks dear. Maybe they need to give me another pair of "lucky socks"; I think these are defective. If the next 2-3 cycles don't work out, they want to reassess treatment and look at what else they can do for me. Turns out I don't have textbook PCOS. My anti-mullarian hormone is where it should be for someone my age and my FSH/LH ratios have normalized. However, my follicles continue to line up on the outside of my ovaries, I'm still insulin resistant, and I'm still not ovulating on my own. Since I'm not textbook, they're hesitant to pursue more aggressive treatment.

On the up side, I started my second Femara cycle and had two follicles again when I triggered. One was a whopping 25mm and the other was only 13mm. My estrogen was a little low, so I'm hoping that it bumped up to support at least one of them. IUI was yesterday, blood test is 10/7. I'm hoping the 2ww won't be as bad now that I know what to expect, but I can't help but get my hopes up for this cycle working out. What's going to be worse is waiting through the first trimester to see if everything is still okay. With my translocation, I could miscarry at any point during the first three months. So even if this takes, we wouldn't be in the clear until Christmas.

Lovtonee

Hoping that this is your month!!!