My apologies in advance - this is a long post. I am not sure if I officially intro'd on this board yet either, so I will post that separately
Last cycle (medicated IUI) I was on 225 IU follistim and by my first monitoring appt (4 days of stims complete) I had 5 follicles between 10-12mm and 4 between 8-10mm, with other smaller ones. At this point I started Ganirelix and things progressed well, triggering with two lead follicles (ended in ectopic).
This cycle (IVF) I started on 300 IU follistim (Monday). Today was my first monitoring appt (4 days of stims complete) and I had 4 follicles between 8-10mm. Clearly I am responding differently to the follistim this time around. Is this normal? Is my body used to Follistim from only one previous cycle? For this cycle, I am also on low dose HCG, would that impact my response?
Separate question, but related- My dr increased my follistim dose to 450 IUs. I do not have another monitoring apt until Tuesday morning (4 more nights of stims since todays monitoring appt) and he does not have me on ganirelix yet. I am concerned that with the increased dosage I may ovulate before Tuesday. Is this a reasonable concern? I want to trust his decisions, but I am somewhat concerned about the amount of time between appointments considering the increase in medicine.
I appreciate any thoughts/feedback, as right now I am somewhat worried about certain aspects of this cycle already, and I am still pretty early in the process.
Re: Follistim Dosing/ Response/ Monitoring question *loss mentioned*