Baseline Results and Plan

I had my baseline ultrasound and lab work yesterday. Since this is a natural IVF cycle and I wasn't starting any medications, they waited until today to give me my orders.

FSH 25.7, E2 21, AFC 11. Two largest follicles are 9 and 6.

That is by far the highest my FSH has ever been. Good thing my doctor in California won't think twice about it. It's almost laughable now. I remember a few years ago an RE telling me that an FSH over 20 is getting pretty close to menopause and even with an FSH of 18 I needed donor eggs. Ha. I'm so happy I spent the ridiculous amount of time that I did on researching options. I have six blasts in the freezer and I would expect to make another one from this cycle. And I made all of them using very little to no medications!

I'm a little bummed my AFC dropped from my last two IVF cycles. I know it can fluctuate and my body could still be recovering from the little bit of clomid I was on in August. My last cycle was only 23 days and I ovulated on day 12 so the FSH and AFC really didn't surprise me too much.

I had acupuncture yesterday. My acupuncturist is trying a few different things to help beef up my lining. It involved electroacupuncture on my lower back and legs. Seems strange, but it actually felt really good. I go again tomorrow.

My SIS is scheduled for Thursday. Not looking forward to it. I'm not worried about the pain, just worried that maybe my right tube is blocked now, too. I know we're doing IVF, but if both tubes are blocked, then I would have zero chance of a miracle pregnancy. I know how slim my chances are, but every month I still hope that I will be one of those rare lucky ones and get pregnant in between IVF cycles.

Next monitoring appointment is scheduled for Monday. I would be surprised if I wasn't ready to trigger that night. We will fly out to California on Tuesday. Wednesday will be either retrieval, trigger, or monitoring. We'll see what Monday shows. It's so nice to not have to worry about taking medications on time every night. It would be really awesome if I triggered Monday night so then I wouldn't even have to worry about dragging my vial of lupron along with.

I'm getting good vibes so far this cycle, let's keep it going!