Sunday, July 22, 2001

Stimulation day 9, Day 58 of IVF Prep, Cycle day 12.

Still going...

22 follicles were measured, 11 on each ovary. When I asked to see the snapshot of the u/s that had all of the follicle measurements on it, the nurse (a different one than last time) was reluctant. She wanted to make sure that I understood that we won't get an egg from every follicle and that I shouldn't get hung up on the numbers. I assured her that I understood and that I was just curious about the numbers. Here they are:
Left: 20, 19, 17, 17, 16, 16, 15, 14, 15 13, 12
Right: 20, 19, 19, 18, 18, 17, 17, 16, 16, 15, 14

She said that they like to see them 18-20 to be considered "mature". There are at least 7 that ought to produce eggs for sure, and the next 8 may mature enough by the time retrieval comes around. My E2 is 2070, almost double 2 days ago. My instructions are "one more day". This evening I had another dose of repronex, and I'll take both lupron and follistim in the morning, then go in for testing again.

It is getting so close! And I am starting to get a bit nervous / anxious / exited, finally.

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