I got the first piece of good news this cycle so far yesterday- my estradiol (E2)went up from 2200 (pg/ml) on CD12 to 3521 48 hours later. My ovaries are filled with largish follicles. We did not bother measuring anyway- we could tell that many had increased in size from 2 days ago, but there are no foolproof indicators based on size of whether a follicle has an egg, and a mature one at that.
An E2 of over 3000 is considered decent territory for an IVF response, but when I asked my doctor of how often E2 levels can predict mature follicle number (assuming each follicle produces between 200-300 pg/ml of E2)--he said--75 % of the time. So yeah, its always a crapshoot.
He did say that, barring my lowish AFC(13) for my age, my response has been 'textbook'.
So I triggered (with 5000 units HCG) this morning. And unfortunately, something happened. The injection is given IM, I asked my mom to give it in the hip area, bad call. As I was getting it I felt the muscles in my leg seize up. 4 hours later, I'm limping horribly and can't sit, and nor can I take any muscle relaxants/anti-inflammatories. Spending the day in bed---not as enticing as it sounds, unfortunately!
Minor issue though-egg collection is tomorrow evening, and I hope that brings good tidings. Wish me luck!
An E2 of over 3000 is considered decent territory for an IVF response, but when I asked my doctor of how often E2 levels can predict mature follicle number (assuming each follicle produces between 200-300 pg/ml of E2)--he said--75 % of the time. So yeah, its always a crapshoot.
He did say that, barring my lowish AFC(13) for my age, my response has been 'textbook'.
So I triggered (with 5000 units HCG) this morning. And unfortunately, something happened. The injection is given IM, I asked my mom to give it in the hip area, bad call. As I was getting it I felt the muscles in my leg seize up. 4 hours later, I'm limping horribly and can't sit, and nor can I take any muscle relaxants/anti-inflammatories. Spending the day in bed---not as enticing as it sounds, unfortunately!
Minor issue though-egg collection is tomorrow evening, and I hope that brings good tidings. Wish me luck!
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