I saw the RE yesterday for a baseline ultrasound and ovary check and he said my ovaries looked like I had taken clomid rather than the birth control pills I was on for ten days to suppress my ovaries. He asked me twice, as if clomid was my drug of choice these days. Yeah, I love the hormonal rage, broken out skin and bouts of hysterical crying that clomid causes! Ummmm....so what happened? It seems as though whatever medication I take, whether to stimulate or suppress, often gives me the opposite, no really no result. By body, which is insanely sensitive to everything from dairy products to the sound of snapping to the light of the iPad is completely un-phased by meds.
So I have three large follicles where very small ones are supposed to be, which means it is possible that I ovulate said follicles early, which means the FET will be cancelled and we will have to wait yet another month. I guess. I don't really understand this "natural cycle" FET and guess this wouldn't have been a problem if I didn't have to go on birth control to wait for the embryologist to get back in town, but I have no idea. Maybe it would have happened. I've read other people go on lupron to suppress during an FET but we didn't go that route. I don't get it and I don't get how every time I go into the RE things don't seem to be going right.
So I have another week of being patient and not knowing what comes next. I'm going to start testing ovulation and if I ovulate before the 18th we probably have to shut down shop. If I can make it until around then it sounds like he will move the schedule around a bit so that my lining can thicken and we will proceed. UGH. Double UGH!
Never a dull moment. If anyone has had an experience like this or a different protocol with an FET (or anyone who even understands the mechanics of an FET ) please let me know.
Happy Thursday!
Thanks for sharing everyone. It's amazing how people respond so differently to the meds. Wishing everyone success or at least whatever the next step closer to success is for each one of you!
Posted by: Don't Count Your Eggs | October 11, 2013 at 08:58 PM
Yep, Luproning it up once again for my FET. I'm still a go for November, but no set date yet. Holding on tight to hope!
Posted by: Jody | October 11, 2013 at 01:37 PM
I've been on Lupron for every IVF cycle I've done, both fresh and frozen.
Posted by: Finding My New Normal | October 11, 2013 at 12:53 AM
My body freaked out on the birth control and did not cooperate, then when I started estrogen patches I had a ton of fluid build up and it took two cycles to clear up and get going. I did end up doing Lupron and then oral Estrace instead of patches. I am currently 14w pregnant with my Lone Ranger - I know how frustrating it is to go through this, and it's hard to think about everything you are learning about your body - everyone responds to all these crazy meds differently. Hang in there. Xx
Posted by: Samantha | October 10, 2013 at 04:32 PM
we didn't do FET but my wife had some issues with her follicles not growing at the same rate. we actually had an IVF cycle cancelled (turned into IUI instead) b/c two of them decided to be over-achievers and grow faster than the rest of the group. b/c of that, we went onto a slower protocol (with lupron) which made most of them grow around the same pace.
sucks that there might be more waiting but you want to make sure everything is as good as it can be for the process.
Posted by: A | October 10, 2013 at 03:59 PM
I just had my FET cancelled but for a different reason - my body was not responding to the estrogen I was taking to thicken my lining. My lining barely grew at all by taking the estrogen pills twice a day AND wearing an estrogen patch for an entire week. So my doctor is now thinking that I might have scar tissue and instead of a FET, I will a hystereoscopy in November. I have no idea why the meds aren't helping me but I do know that the fun of this whole process never seems to end!
Posted by: Robin | October 10, 2013 at 02:26 PM