Well my first femara cycle didn't work and I felt like it was a failed cycle. I went in on cd12 for an u/s and had a 17mm follie and since I usually get a +opk on my own and seem to O on my own they decided that I wouldn't trigger and just wait to see if I would O by the following wednesday (this was friday). Well I didn't get a +opk until the next wed which was cd17 and O'ing maybe cd18. I didn't think that it would take this long to O. Oh and even though we were able to dtd the day before O we really didn't get in a good BD session the day of and day after O so I am pretty sure that might have something to do with us still not being preg. ANd of course AF showed. So I had my follow up appt with my RE on 14dpo which ended up being the day AF showed up. Which worked out great cuz then I didn't have to make a second trip to the RE's office since it's about 45mins from home. They didn't do a baseline u/s and I didn't have to have more bloodwork done except I still have to have my thyroid checked since that was left off of my last lab slip by accident. I guess that's ok but I am not sure how normal that is but I am ONLY taking femara.
BY the WAY, I LOVE MY RE!!!
I think that she is wonderful. I went into the appt feeling defeated and like this was a failed cycle. BUT my RE was really positive and really turned my attitude around. I sometimes have a hard time keeping the hope alive since it's been so long since we have started trying. But she renewed my sense of hope. She really felt that this was a good cycle. I responded really well to the femara even if the O was a little late. My lining was really good and I did surge on my own. I asked about the trigger and she said that they use it for different reasons such as no surge or just better timing but she felt that there was something good about letting the body decide when the egg was really ready and O'ing on it's own. She also felt that it wouldn't up my chances for pregnancy. I still feel like Iwould like to give it a try. She also said that my hormone levels were pretty normal overall. Except my good cholesterol was a little on the low side but my bad cholesterol and my trigylcerids (sp?) were both good and she said that this ratio was typical of pcos and just to keep working on losing weight. She also said that my FSH was really good for my age....UGH cuz I am almost 35 and this number apparently starts to rise with age. My AMH was also a really good number which is really good since this is my egg reserve. My DH's S/A was also good. He does have slightly low morph 3% and they want it 4% or higher but she said that their lab is really really strict, more strict than most so she felt that this was really no big deal and since his overall count and motility was good she feels that there is no reason we can't get preg with TI. THis is a good thing since our insurance doesn't cover anything related to an IUI cycle so that would have had to be out of pocket. What a relief!! SO I feel so hopeful now!!! SHe feels like it just a matter of time now. It's nice to feel hopeful and excited about trying again. It's great to feel like I have someone on my side in my corner who is fighting for me and letting me make the decisions about my journey.
So here we are again, another month, another chance. I am again taking 5mgs femara cd3-7 with an u/s scheduled cd14 this time. I think that I will ask about the trigger again this cycle.
By the way I can't believe Easter is this weekend and MAY is already almost here!!!! WOW!!! Where is the time going??
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