Today I had my follow up appointment. I can’t really say it went badly, but it also didn’t go well, either.
On the plus side:
I had one follicle on my right ovary that had grown to over 1cm (I think either 1.1 or 1.2cm) which means I responded to the clomid some.
On the negative side:
My left ovary had about 10 follicles respond. Even though they are all small, my doctor said it means we will not be stair-stepping up to 200mg of clomid like he was planning.
Which means that I’m done taking medicine this cycle. I’m not really sure if that should go in the plus column or not. It’s more a fact than anything.
It also means he doesn’t think I’m going to be a good candidate for continuing clomid, although he let me know, again, that he thought I would be a good candidate for IVF *sigh*
So, I have another appointment on Friday to see if my 11/12mm follicle has grown large enough to possibly work. If not, we’ll talk treatment options again. I’m not very hopefully that my tiny little follicle, which only grew 6ish mm in the 7 days I was on 150mg of clomid, will grow another 8ish mm in the next 4 days. Trying to do that whole “staying positive” thing, but all in all it’s not really helping. I’m feeling really bummed out and discouraged.
To follow up on my increased clomid experience. Blegh. The 150mg of clomid really affected me. I was up in the middle of the night with nausea, my breasts were EXTREMELY tender (so much so that even the pressure of laying on my side hurt them). One night I woke up in the middle of the night very dizzy, like the room was spinning. So, all of that and still no real reaction. *sigh*
I’ll report back in after my Friday (January 10) appointment. I’m not hopeful it will go well.
(this is just for my later reference, ignore the link) http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/PCOS/conditioninfo/Pages/infertility.aspx
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