Went for my day 5 ultrasound and blood work. I had 4 possibly 6 small follicles on the left ovary, and 5 possibly 7 follicles on the right ovary. This is very encouraging. I am glad we decided to go with the Lupron cycle instead of the Ganarellix cycle. My RE told me today they don't even think to harvest before day 8 or 9. She also said they have a little more control over the ovaries with the Lupron. Lupron allows the follicles to grow at a slower pace; more or less. Since we don't have to worry about starting any more medications, like with the Ganrellix cycles. I won't go back for another ultrasound or blood work until Saturday. With a Ganrellix cycle, I have to go back every 2 days.
Again, I went back and looked at all the numbers of the first two harvests. My E2 the first time was 99.9 at this point. It was 444 the second time, and 111 today. It's really hard to compare these 3 cycles to each other, because by this time with the first cycle, I was on progesterone shots getting my lining ready for the transfer. With the second cycle, we were doing Ganarellix, so who knows....just can't compare apples to oranges. There is no information on the size and follicle count from the first cycle. I am way ahead for this cycle compared to the 2nd. By this time in the second cycle, I only had 1 on the left and 3 on the right. We were considering cancelling the cycle had I not had more follicles by the next ultrasound. I exploded over night.
So to refresh:
Cycle one - we ended up with 15 eggs, 10 fertilized, and 8 survived to day 5 when we transferred 2 and froze 6. Pregnant 3 times with a singleton (1 fresh and 2 frozen transfer). Miscarried all 3 times.
Cycle two - we ended up with 10 eggs, 3 fertilized, and 1 survived to day 5, where it came back genetically complex abnormal and had to be destroyed. No pregnancy.
Cycle three - we will see how this turns out. We will be genetically testing any embryos we get at day 5, and freezing them all.
Saturday we shall see how things are progressing. I am hoping to harvest a week from tomorrow....Thursday.
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