I'm going to call and schedule CD3 bloodwork with the new RE's office. Never done that before. The feminist clinic didn't do it/require it. What can I expect? Is this for estrogen levels? Something else?
I think my doc just checked estrogen (E2) unless we specifically asked for something else. Never checked progesterone unless it was a blood pregnancy test or the 21 day clomid challenge progesterone test.
E2 will tell them that your ovaries are in that resting but ready to roll mode.
April '10: Adoption paperwork & homestudy officially completed. In the pool of waiting families. Praying for a short wait.
Jan./Feb. '10: IVF Attempt #3, retrieval but nothing made it to transfer.
Nov. '09: Retrieval, but nothing made it to transfer.
Oct. '09: I turn 38 (WTF?) and IVF#2 gets underway, retrieval and all that jazz, if it happens, will be in November
Sept. '09: IVF#1 canceled before retrieval for poor response/wrong protocol.
Summer '09: Slooowly working on adoption, gearing up for IVF
Late May '09: Try #9 (injectables cycle 3). Follistim 150 units x 6 nights, then cycle cancelled because all the follies were on the left side & left tube is blocked.
May '09: Submitted formal adoption application, met with adoption counselor again, took required classes, continued with paperwork.
Late April/Early May '09: Try #8 (Injectables cycle 2). Follistim 150 units x 3 nights, then 75 units x 5 nights. Started to ovulate on my own, Ovidrel trigger, one IUI, progesterone, BFN
Early April '09: Sitting out a cycle because of work travel.
March '09: Signed up with the adoption agency and began injectables. Try #7, Follistim 75 units for 8 nights, Ovidrel trigger, one IUI, progesterone, BFN
Feb. '09: New insurance, new doc, new donor, new plan. Bring on the injectables.
Jan. '09: Insurance wrangling, doctor shopping, adoption thinking
Dec. '08 Still pausing, three cycles into the break ....
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Estrogen, FSH, LH. Maybe progesterone and/or prolactin. Possibly thyroid levels. That's what was done in mine, at least.
I think my doc just checked estrogen (E2) unless we specifically asked for something else. Never checked progesterone unless it was a blood pregnancy test or the 21 day clomid challenge progesterone test.
E2 will tell them that your ovaries are in that resting but ready to roll mode.
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