CD 6 Appt

Just got back from my CD 6 appt (4 doses of Gonal-F 225u given thus far). I will update later what I know what my E2 and TSH levels were... assuming they actually drew the TSH this time. I'm a bit skeptical b/c she only drew 1 vial of blood and I think she would have drawn 2 if she had gotten the order to draw a TSH today as well. Whatever! They'll draw it eventually I'm sure!

OK, so my follies!!! I had 16 so far today! 10 on the left and 6 on the right. They ranged in size from 9mm-15mm. Most of the were 11 or 13. A few 9s and I think 2 or 3- 15s. Which she said is normal to have a couple of "lead follicles". So according to the nurse I am exactly where I should be after 4 shots! Which was good to hear! She predicted that I'll have around 20 follies when I go for ER since there were a few smaller ones that she did not bother measuring. Whew! What a relief to hear that I am responding and everything is going well! Lets hope the blood work comes back good as well.

And on a side note... nobody ever mentioned how PAINFUL it can be to have them measure your follicles! I swear she was prodding me so hard with that u/s wand. My toes were curled as I bit my tongue and tried to bear it. lol. At least next time I am prepared!

UPDATE: Just got the news that my Estrogen level was 839. I don't know much about that so I'm trusting the nurse and she said I was "right on track"!

She didn't mention my TSH level, so I'm going to assume the local RE didn't see the order they faxed and thus didn't draw it. SO I still have no idea what my thyroid is doing right now. Hopefully they won't cancel me last minute based on those results! But since I'm responding well and I'm NOT transferring an egg this cycle (freezing all) I do not think it's a big deal. Maybe I'm just being optimistic! lol

SOOO I started Ganirelix (like, literally, she said take my 1st shot as soon as I finished reading the email... so I did.) and I take that daily in the morning. Staying on the same dose of Gonal-F still in the evenings. And I do NOT need a monitoring appointment tomorrow (YAY!) but I will need to be IN ATLANTA for my appointment on Thursday with RBA. So we are driving up tomorrow! YAY! It's getting more and more real every single day!