It's Over

My doctor called with my hCG results. The level only went up to 197 mIU/ml, which means that they either just haven't gone up very far or they're on their way down. Either way, this pregnancy is over and we're on to our next cycle. :-(

hCG level...

So, I had a second hCG level today and it only came back at 164 mIU/ml. It hasn't quite doubled in 2 days, but my doctor says I shouldn't worry yet. We're going to leave it for a few days and I'll go back on Monday to see what my levels have done... I'm SOOOOO nervous!

BFP!!!

Well, we finally got a BFP today! This morning I took a HPT and it was +! Then I went in for my scheduled blood test, and my hCG level came back at 95 mIU/ml. WOOO!!

IUI #1

Today I had my first IUI. It was more painful than I thought it would be! I'm all crampy! Anyway, here were DH's sperm numbers.

Volume: 4.4ml (normal = more than 2ml)
Concentration: 110 million (normal = more than 20 million; best = more than 90 million)
Motility: 36% (normal = more than 50%; best = more than 60%)
Morphology: 56% abnormal (normal = less than 70% abnormal)
Forward Progression: 3 (It's a scale from 1 to 4 with 4 being the best and 2.5 being average)
Total Motile Sperm: 174.3 million

Trigger Time!

This is the absolute earliest I have ever ovulated in my life. The problem with this? I can't go to the mikvah yet! 😟 So that means no condom collection for IUI. Thank goodness we got the ok from the rabbi to forego condom collection and do it the "usual" collection way for these sorts of things. No need for details. lol

Anyway, I've got now two follicles looking good for ovulation - 16mm on the right and 18.5mm on the left. So I have a chance for twins! Now wouldn't that be cool? (Or terrifying...) My endometrium is at 11.7mm, so right about what it was yesterday, and my estradiol has soared to 1335 pg/mL, LH is down to 3.59 mIU/mL (probably because of the Ganirelix), and my progesterone is nice at low at 0.565 ng/mL. So it's looking good for trigger tonight. All told, I've done 9 injections this cycle - add one trigger from my first Clomid cycle, and I've given myself 10 total shots. Not too bad! Hopefully I won't have to do any more... IUI in 2 days!

First Monitoring

Well, things are looking pretty good for this first IUI cycle. I have a bunch of little follicles and one big one on the left side - 17.5mm. My estrogen is SUPER high at 795 pg/mL and my LH is hanging in at 10.2 mIU/mL. Because my estrogen is so high, Dr Glatstein had a bit of a freak out and I have to start Ganirelix to prevent myself from ovulating. Yay, another injection. Can you feel the excitement? (Not!) I have to go back in tomorrow to check in on my follicles and estrogen, and it will probably be time to trigger. Yay!