We had our mock transfer this week. It went well, despite the intense discomfort from having such a full bladder. Note to self - do not drink so much for the actual transfer! I have had quite a few full bladder procedures and each time I overdrink and it is not fun.
We did have some not-so-good news as well that I am still processing. Doc was supposed to do an SHG after the mock transfer, but since I had a hysteroscopy 8 months ago and an HSG a year ago, both of which were normal, he didn't think it was necessary. But we did do an ultrasound to measure antral follicles.
Righty, which is my good ovary, had only five antral follicles. Lefty had three and an unwanted visitor. Yes, that's right, folks. My endo is already growing back. I had a small, 2 cm endometrioma growing inside lefty.
To say I was disappointed is an understatement. I know endo grows back, there is no getting rid of it. I have had persistent cysts on that ovary for years. I guess I was being delusional hoping that it would be different for me and nothing would have grown back yet. I really wanted clear ovaries for this IVF. Doc said he thought it would be fine and doesn't see a need to do anything about it right now. He is of the camp that only does laparoscopy for diagnostic purposes if you are TTC because it can hurt your egg supply. So I'm going with that! Praying it won't harm our outcome.
Now for the other downer - I only had an AFC of 8. That really sucks. That is the lowest I have ever had. I normally average around 12 or 13. I have had anything between 9-16 in the past year. I was immediately silent after he finished counting and when we got dressed and sat down in his office I about lost it.
I asked him if we should just cancel the cycle because it looks like at the most I could only get 8 eggs. He looked at me like I was crazy and reassured me that my AFC was low because I have been on active birth control, no AF, for two months now. He also told me that just because he only sees 8 now doesn't mean we will have 8. We could have way more, we could have less. He was confident that this would work for us and gave us a 50-60 percent chance.
Take heart. I had a 4.5 cm Endometrioma during my last IVF. I also had only 8 antral follicles.
ReplyDeleteBecause I was on too high of a dosage of Lupron last time, this time I'm doing micro dosing, I only had four follicle when retrieval week rolled around.
Two eggs were mature and retrieved. One fertilized into a perfect 8 celled NO FRAGMENT Embryo. It did implant but I had other issues with my hypertension that were probably the cause of my miscarriage.
So it is possible still. And you might have 8 mature eggs retrieved and all 8 might fertilize. Its possible.
Try to think positive even though I truly know at times its seemingly impossible.
I have zero IVF experience, but it is good that your doctor is optimistic about things. I would think he would tell you if he didn't think this cycle should go.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, thinking and praying for you!
Yeah, I drank way too much water before my actual transfer! The RE said it was perfect but I felt like I was going to pee everywhere during the procedure! We only had 7 eggs retrieved that cycle, 6 fertilized, transferred 2 and got pregnant with one! So try not to worry about that part, it can still work! :)
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