Our follies before the IUI

I went in for monitoring on Jan. 27 and had the following follie sizes:
Rt follie 19 mm
Rt Follie 17.3 mm
Lt follie 12.7 mm
Lt follie 15 mm

Lining 10.5 mm

E2 was 540

The Dr. said I would have 3 follies releasing.  Research said something similar:

Many doctors monitor follicle development during IUI cycles. Most trigger when the dominant follicle is within a certain size range. While there is always some difference in doctor preference, the norms are unmedicated 20-24mm, clomiphene citrate 20-24mm, FSH-only meds 17 or 18mm minimum, and FSH+LH would be 16 or 17mm minimum. It is possible for slightly smaller follicles, 14-15mm, to contain a viable egg. Also, follicles continue to grow until they release, usually at a rate of about 1-2 mm per day. A woman may ovulate more than one follicle in a cycle, but the releases will occur within 24 hours. When hCG is not used, only follicles close in size are likely to release. The use of hCG induces ovulation in about 95 percent of women, and will get most mature follicles to rupture. http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/iui.html

IUI the numbers

I went in on Wed to do the IUI.  J dropped off the sperm at 9 am and we went in at 10:45am for the procedure.  His numbers where good.. 155 million sperm pre-wash and 30 million post wash.  According to my online research:

Higher success rates are with washed counts over 20-30 million, while increasing counts over 50 million did not appear to offer advantage. http://www.fertilityplus.org/faq/iui.html

Added to the fact that we have 3 follies this month, we are in a 26% chance of success!  It feels great to be so hopeful about a cycle.  I know it does not mean much but it is enough to keep my hopes up REAL high!

CD14 Follie Check

(They printed off the list for me today so I did not have to remember the measurements they gave me.  It was so much easier!)
Follies
Right side 15.8
Right side 17.5
Left side 13.4
Left Side 14.5

Lining is at 13.2

They want me to do another round of injections of the FSH.  Since I am out it will be an injection of Bravile.  Looks like the IUI might be on Friday now.

Edited at 1:45pm My E2 level was 454.  It went down a little bit, but they said that happens when some of the follies stop growing and since I had a lot of little ones they are probably the ones that stopped growing.  

Still looks good @cd13!

Went in today for the morning dildo cam and blood work.  Still have 4 follies with one at 16mm and one at 15mm.  I will do another Gonal-F (75mL) injection tonight and with lots and lots of good luck we will do the IUI on Thursday!  I am so much more hopeful this cycle because I have more follies.  Last cycle I only had 1 follie!  So this means our chance this cycle is around 20% and not the 6% chance we had last time!  Woo hoo!

Edited after call.  Turns out the 2 follies on my left that I thought where 14 are really 3 follies measuring 13, 12, and 11.  Apparently they clumped together and so the reading over the weekend was a little off.  But on my right I have a 15mm and a 16 mm follie.  Lining is at 11.7 so it is great.  They did not give me my E2 level.

Edited on 1/26/2010 I found the E2 level at the Dr's office.  It was 477.

CD11

4 follies
2 on the left @ 14 mm
1 on the right @ 15 mm
1 on the right @ 14 mm
E2- 400
Lining 9.32

Yeah!!!

Former student is sueing Beyoncé

Yep, you read that correctly.  A former student of mine from my Peace Corps days in Bulgaria is suing Beyonce for copyright violations.  I think he might have a chance to win this. 

The full news story is here. Below is a picture of Iskren's original design:

And her is a pic from the "video phone" video of Beyonce wearing the design...

Headache from hell

One of the biggest drawbacks of all of this fertility stuff are the headaches.  I feel as if my head is going to explode.  I just want it to go away!

Blog awards

My friend PeetiePie gave me these two blog awards!

The Happy 101 Award

The rules:

List 10 things that make you happy.

Pass it on to 10 bloggers that make your day a better one!

1. Jason
2. Dante and his speak toys
   
3. Lazy Sundays
   
4. Sewing
5. Cooking
6. Mail
7. Sunny warm days
   
8. Chocolate Cheesecakes
   
9. Family
10. Old photographs
    

The Glamorous Blog Award

The rules:

Thank the person who gave you the award.
Link the person who gave it to you.
Keep it going and give the award to whomever you would like..

I'm tagging the following people:

Goldylocks
PeetiePie
RecipeforBabyLambShank
Learning to Breath Again
Baby A is Brewing
My Bed Rest Diary

CD3

I went in for the U/S and bloodwork today.  Looks like I have 8 follies on my right side and 4 on the left.  We will see how they develop.  I start with the clomid today...

Edited @ 2pm.  The bloodwork came back and all looks good. I will start clomid tonight.  I forgot to add that there where no cysts at the u/s.

CD1

I woke up to full flow, so at least that means I can now move on to IUI cycle #2.  I am happy about that since this last cycle was the never ending break cycle from hell.  I called the RE's office to find out if I still needed to take the provera and they said no.  So that means I will go in for the CD3 blood work and U/S on Friday.  I asked about the cramping I had on Jan 2 and they said it might have been caused by a cyst.  I then got a huge lecture about how I should not take motrin while on a treatment, to which I told them that I was on a break cycle and it did not matter.  Grrr... some times those nurses do not know how to LISTEN.  I told her I was on a break cycle when she called back and could have done without the lecture, thank you! 

Anyways, I am just so happy to be moving on, finally! 

Results

I went in this AM for a blood draw to find out WTF is going on.  Turns out there was no LH surge so I have not even ovulated yet.  I started spotting so I thought that meant that AF would start, but noooo.  So now I go and get provera and take that for a bit to hopefully "reset" my body.  Sigh.  I hate this.  They told me that the meds from last cycle upset my system and it is a "normal" reaction.  I don't regret having a break cycle, but OMG I did not want it to last so long!

Called RE

Since there is no sign of AF and still getting BFN's and I am now officially 9 days late, I scheduled blood work for tomorrow.  Hopefully things will get moving....Stupid body!

Called the RE

I called the RE, b/c my cycle is just rediculous.  Even J thinks so.  So if I don't get my period by Monday they will have me come in for blood work to figure out what is going on and then give me provera (birth control) to get the next cycle started.  To day is Sat and there is STILL no sign of AF.  My body sucks!

New day, same news.

Blah.  BFN and no AF. 

On another note, I really wish the accountant at works would leave me alone.  I went to pick up my pay check and she asked "Still no baby yet?"  OMG, just mind your own business already.  Leave me alone.  What is happening with my reproductive organs is my business not yours!

Still no AF

And still a BFN, I checked yet again.  This is driving me crazy.  I think I ovulated very late- like Sat.  I just wish my body would cooperate.  le sigh.

New Year, New Layout!

I just changed the layout to reflect the new year.  I hope you like it.  I got it from:
http://simplyblogitbackgrounds.blogspot.com/search/label/flowers

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

It is about time AF shows up.  She was due yesterday, but did not make the trip... I did check and got a BFN, so I want to move on, but nothing is happening.  I wish my body would let me know what is going on!  I am tired of the guessing game and would like to move on to IUI #2 please....