So today is my first day of getting nervous…really nervous….that something/anything/everything is going to go wrong.  My blood test showed my E2 levels leveling out.  Yesterday was around 550.  Today around 570.  It should have jumped up ALOT higher than that.  As in getting close the the quadruple digits.    My nurse explained that sometimes when you add the 3rd medication, the Ganirelix, the E2 levels can “sputter out” for a day.  Ganirelix is the one that keeps you from ovulating, so that makes sense. Supposedly (Hopefully!) they will begin to rise again.  They doubled my dosage of Menapur as a line of defense against the Ganirelix E2 suppression effect.  So now 100 Follistim, 150 Menapur, and Ganirelix. Best case scenario-the levels will be on target tomorrow.  Worst case scenario-my body is not responding to the medication, my levels are bottoming out, and the cycle will be cancelled.  I believe it will be the best case scenario…but I am still super anxious.

When I began this process,  I didn’t anticipate what a roller coaster EACH DAY would be.  I figured I would take the meds each day, and then we would find out the day of retrieval how many eggs we got.  Not much too worry about in the in-between. Instead, each day you get new results, things are tweaked, nerves are shot, and then you have to hold out hope for the next day’s visit.  Things can change in an instant!  The day begins to center around that 3pm phone call from the nurse.  Tomorrow I go for another E2 draw and an ultrasound, so we will REALLY get to see how things are progressing.  So keep hoping and praying for us that we see some good >13 mm follicles and a strong e2 level! I am not ready for this crazy train to end!  For now, this human pin cushion is going to bed.  Tomorrow can’t get here soon enough!