So I went for my u/s and b/w today. The instant the u/s probe went in, I saw the big follicle on the screen. I wanted to scream but I held it together. There was one 18mm follicle on the right ovary. The left ovary is quiet and ready to go. My estrogen level was 92 which means the follicle may still be active and is making estrogen. Someone needs to tell it to go away, it's done. It's ironic that I couldn't grow any follicles to save my life during the last cycle of injectable meds for our last IUI. And my estrogen level was only 95. Now it decides to hang around a while. Ugh.
Chris told me, " You can't fight nature". I know he's right but this waiting is so hard! I have to go back on Sunday morning for another u/s and b/w. I am to stay on the Lupron for now. I find it hard to believe that the cyst will disappear by then but I guess stranger things have happened. I found a great website that lists normal and expected lab values during cycles. Estrogen levels should be between 20-50. I hope, I hope, I hope everything goes down to normal!
On a brighter note, I got more meds today. I have all the meds I will need for this cycle. That is such a relief. And I don't have to pay the $20 copay for each office visit. Every appointment is covered by insurance in full for this IVF cycle. This is good news since it seems I could be going there quite often.
One of the nurses on the unit I cover at work asked me if it was hard being around all the pregnant people at work this past year. There were at least 8 staff members who became pg. Some of them were just married this past year too. A few have had their babies and returned to the job already. It was hard but I am glad that they didn't have to go through all this. I don't wish it on anyone. I think it's been fairly easy to handle since most of them were nurses and have some knowledge about IF. A few of them had IUI's and IVF as well so I haven't felt totally alone. Of course, here I am still trying. I'm hopeful that 2007 will be the magical year for us!
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