Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Follicles and medicine

Yesterday we made the trip over to Carmel again.  When I woke up in the morning I was feeling very hopeful for what would happen.  I was cramping and feeling bloated which lead me to believe that was a good sign.  Our appointment was in the afternoon so I had all morning to think about it.  When it finally came time to do the ultrasound I was very ready.  The technician was great with explaining what she was doing and pointing out what we were looking at.  She went about measuring my follicles (A pocket of fluid in which the egg resides).  After she was done she showed me what the results were for the measurements of my largest follicles.  I didn't really know what the sizes meant but they sounded good.  She then said to wait in the room and the nurse would come talk to us about the next step.  We waited for a while longer than we thought we would.  When the nurse finally came in she told us that my follicles were not measuring large enough to do an IUI.  It was a big let down.  She then said that we would try a round of Letrozole again but with a higher dosage.  The positive note on not having a regular period and trying another round of Letrozole, I get to start right away with taking the medicine instead of waiting until day 3 of my cycle.  We will be going back to the doctor on the 10th to have another ultrasound and see if the higher dosage worked.  If the follicles measure large enough we will hopefully be doing an IUI the following day.  I'm excited that we are moving so quickly from one thing to the next.  I am still very encouraged and so glad we are meeting with a specialist now.

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