Today was not a good day.
I had my first ultrasound to
see how I was reacting to the fertility drugs I have been taking.
As I mentioned in previous
posts, the RFC has a first come first served policy on ultrasounds and blood
work. So even though they don’t open until 7:30, I arrived just after 6:30 to
line up in the stairwell… and ended up third in line.
By 7:30 there were about 10
people behind me. After checking in at
the reception, I quickly went into the washroom to give myself my Suprefact
shot.
After getting my blood work I
was quickly called in for my vaginal ultrasound with a new doctor that I had never met. Before starting the ultrasound she mentioned that we were looking for a
minimum of 4 follicles.
My right ovary had 1 and my
left ovary had 2.
That’s only a total of 3- the
average is between 5 and 12.
So where do we go from here?
She then told me that Chris and I need to discuss whether we want
to continue this IVF cycle or switch over to an IUI.
Although, the success rates are better with IVF, the fewer number of follicles means we have less chance of it
succeeding. Three follicles do not necessarily mean three eggs. Not all follicles will completely mature.
If we switch to the IUI we will get a refund of about $5,900. We would still have a chance of getting
pregnant through the IUI, and if it didn’t work we could try for IVF again in a
few months.
In case you don't know:
An IUI, intrauterine
insemination, is where the doctor would take Chris’s washed, prepared sperm and inject it directly into my uterus, near the eggs at the time of my ovulation. (Washed means that
the sperm has been separated from the seminal fluid.)
The RFC don't have detailed IUI success rates like they have for IVF. The general success rates are 25%, but that includes all ages.
So after many tears, and a long discussion with Chris, we have decided that the best thing for us to do is to switch over to an IUI cycle. Best case scenario it'll work, and if not we will try to do IVF again in another couple of months.
We are asking for as many prayers and fingers crossed as you can manage.
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