I just returned from my cycle day six appointment. As usual, the right ovary did not cooperate AT ALL. After 20 minutes of scanning and searching, the lovely nurse finally declared defeat and on Friday I will be scanned by the doctor who apparently specializes in finding missing right ovaries. Hrmph. It was actually somewhat amusing. The nurse asked if I’d ever had problems with the right ovary, to which my husband and I had to laugh before answering. OH YES. The right ovary that most people can’t find on ultrasound, the right ovary that my first RE in Dublin questioned the existence of, the right ovary that my RE in Minsk didn’t even bother with, including completely leaving it out of the fun during egg retrieval. That right ovary is nothing but trouble.
Oh well, my lining is fine and the left ovary shows two 10mm follicles, one 9mm follicle, and one 6mm follicle. Could be better, could be worse.
The plan is to drop from 450 IU to 300 IU of Follistim, continue with 75 of Luveris, twice a day heparin, baby aspirin, prednisone, etc, etc. On Friday I return to the clinic for another scan, then immediately go to another clinic for my first intralipid infusion. Hope this works!
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That's how my cycle day six scan was. 3 follies on one side and a hiding leftie. They upped my dose and at ER yesterday they still got a total of 8 eggs, five from the right side and a bonus 3 from the left.
ReplyDeleteKeeping my fingers crossed for you girl :)
My right ovary likes to play hide & seek too. Little scamp. Good luck with the cycle!
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your current cycle!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the adopted cats!!!! They look like one of my two cats. They are purrfect for Halloween!
ICLW
Hopefully that pesky right ovary cooperates on Friday! Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteMy right ovary (or was it my left? I can't remember -- they were both elusive little buggers) liked to hide as well -- what a pain. Hopefully yours will be a bit easier to see as things progress!
ReplyDeleteSweetie I have been MIA for a bit and I'm so sorry I didn't write you as you were starting this new journey. Here I am now though and I have everything crossed for the firday scan! Fran
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be completely random, but... I had never heard of the case of the missing ovaries until I watched "God Said, Ha!" (Julia Sweeney film, which is actually quite good, given the somewhat depressing subject matter of cancer and live-in parents). Just like her ovary did at the end of the movie, I hope your ovary comes cruising back onto the scene soon!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I recognize those belly pics below. LOL! Mine actually looks worse right now. I've never had bruising this dark before. It's quite distressing to see actually, although I know it's not abnormal. I'm glad the lovenox is only once per day. Does heparin make you feel dizzy? I've been feeling dizzy today, but am not sure whether it's the heparin or follistim.
ReplyDeleteI'm dropping down to 300 IU of follistim tomorrow too along with the laundry list of other drugs. I hope they get your right ovary sorted out before your ER. I'm looking forward to catching up on your journal. It looks like we have a lot in common.
Good luck! I will read back through your blog to find the answer to my question - you seem to be on an immune protocol, just wondering why?
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Good luck with the Friday scan. Hope rightie starts to co-operate!
ReplyDeleteAhhh... I had problems with my LEFT ovary during my first IVF! In the first few u/s, it was barely visible, until it finally *poof* dissappeared! But, fast forward 2 years to my second IVF, and that left ovary was back with a vengeance, so you never know??
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog... I would so love to visit Ireland *sigh*
Happy ICLW!
Heather, yes I have been feeling dizzy. I thought it was from the Follistim as it's very similar to Gonal-F which I took for the first IVF. I had horrible headaches and dizziness from that. Now that you mention it, the dizziness could very well be from the heparin.
ReplyDeleteAndie, yes, I'm on an immune protocol. I knew going in that I had an auto-immune thyroid disorder. With additional testing (including "Chicago labs" as they are called here), I was found to have several other immune issues.
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