Thought I would give you and update on our doctor visit from yesterday. Well you can add not producing follicles to my list of reasons why we haven't become pregnant yet! At this point its almost humorous what my body is or isn't doing to allow us to start a family. It wasn't a big blow this time when we were told here is another hoop you are going to have to jump through. I didn't cry or deem yesterday as a bad day. I just think I have the expectation that there will be something wrong ( I know, I know that isn't me trying to be positive but its the truth!) at each doctor visit.
I guess I should explain what all went down at this visit. I had a scan done again on both of my ovaries and uterus. My uterus looked great and my walls were thick and healthy. My ovaries didn't have any cysts or abnormal growths on them which was great to hear. But the one thing that was missing was the growth of my follicles. I guess I had two follicles that she saw last Friday and was hoping to see some improvement in them by Monday. Sadly they hadn't changed at all.
So our new game plan is to start taking some fertility meds to see if I can get my body to stimulate proper follicle growth. I am being put on the lowest dosage with the thought of my history of cysts. I don't have the name of the medication in front of me at the moment but next month when I start taking it I will write about it for you all. I didn't have any luck with Clomid so they aren't making me take that again. I will be getting scans this time to make sure I am not developing cysts!!
Here is our game plan for next month:
-Start medication in hopes that it stimulates follicle growth
-On day 11 get a scan to see if there are any changes from last month
-If day 11 doesn't look good I will come back in on day 13 for a scan
-If I have great follicle growth then we will start the IUI process this month (as in February)
-If there is no change in follicle growth from last month (January) then we will up the dosage as long as there are no signs of cyst growth
-Start the same process over in March
We will do this cycle for 3 months. We did not discuss what the next step would be if we didn't achieve anything during those months. I am hoping that we wont need to discuss that at all. This month is pretty much a waste but our tech told us we can still try to time our intercourse if we want. But it is very unlikely for us to become pregnant this month according to my scans. That is all the info I have for now so like always I will keep you all up to date with my posts.
-Kate
I guess I should explain what all went down at this visit. I had a scan done again on both of my ovaries and uterus. My uterus looked great and my walls were thick and healthy. My ovaries didn't have any cysts or abnormal growths on them which was great to hear. But the one thing that was missing was the growth of my follicles. I guess I had two follicles that she saw last Friday and was hoping to see some improvement in them by Monday. Sadly they hadn't changed at all.
So our new game plan is to start taking some fertility meds to see if I can get my body to stimulate proper follicle growth. I am being put on the lowest dosage with the thought of my history of cysts. I don't have the name of the medication in front of me at the moment but next month when I start taking it I will write about it for you all. I didn't have any luck with Clomid so they aren't making me take that again. I will be getting scans this time to make sure I am not developing cysts!!
Here is our game plan for next month:
-Start medication in hopes that it stimulates follicle growth
-On day 11 get a scan to see if there are any changes from last month
-If day 11 doesn't look good I will come back in on day 13 for a scan
-If I have great follicle growth then we will start the IUI process this month (as in February)
-If there is no change in follicle growth from last month (January) then we will up the dosage as long as there are no signs of cyst growth
-Start the same process over in March
We will do this cycle for 3 months. We did not discuss what the next step would be if we didn't achieve anything during those months. I am hoping that we wont need to discuss that at all. This month is pretty much a waste but our tech told us we can still try to time our intercourse if we want. But it is very unlikely for us to become pregnant this month according to my scans. That is all the info I have for now so like always I will keep you all up to date with my posts.
-Kate
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