Hoping for a Chance: Thunderfollies are goooooo!!!

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Thunderfollies are goooooo!!!

I have another update and it's more good news! My follies are ready for harvesting. At my appointment today, the doc informed me that my estrogen was almost 700 on Saturday and today, I have 6 follicles that are over 18mm (they like to see at least 3 over 18 before the trigger). There are also another half dozen or so that are between 15 and 18 so those might be ready soon too. The plan is to trigger tonight and ER is on Thursday. I'll have an update on Thursday with how many are retrieved and on Friday we will get the fert report.
I am so excited and so scared right now. This is actually going to happen! Eeek!!!

Please let there be some eggs in those follies and let them be mature and fertilize! :crosses fingers:

1 comment:

HeatherJune 28, 2011 at 10:51 AM
Everything is crossed for you!!!! I am so excited and hopeful that THIS IS TI!!!!!!!
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Glossary of acronyms and terms

2ww- Two week wait, the 2 weeks after ovulation before testing for pregnancy

3dt and 5dt- 3 and 5 day transfer. This refers to how long after retrieval, transfer is done. Generally 3dt is done when there are fewer embryos to chose from, 5dt allows you to watch and see which embies are most likely to make it prior to transfer.

AF- Aunt Flo (period)

BBT- Basal body temparature, waking temperature used for charting

Beta- Beta HCG levels in the blood are used to determine pregnancy. Betas should double every 48-72 hours in the weeks following implantation. Once the level is over 2000, the doubling will slow down.

BFN- Big fat negative (negative HPT)

BFP- Big fat positive

CD- Cycle day (CD1 is first day of period)

Chart- Taking temparature every morning to look for a pattern of ovulation

CH- Crosshairs, lines that mark ovulation on fertility friend

DPO- Days past/post ovulation

ER- Egg retrieval. This consists of sticking a needle transvaginally and aspirating the follicles to get eggs directly from the ovaries

ET- Embryo transfer. The procedure is similar to IUI, but instead of sperm, embryo(s) are placed in the uterus. My clinic does this under ultrasound guidance so you can see the embies get put in.

FF- Fertility Friend, the software that I use to chart

IF- Infertility

IUI- Intrauterine insemination

IVF- In vitro fertilization

HCG- Human chorionic gonadotropin, hormone detected in pregnancy tests

HPT- Home pregnancy test

O- Ovulation

OPK- Ovulation predictor kit

PG- Pregnant

POAS- Pee on a stick, take a pregnancy test

Stims- Injectable medications that stimulate follicle production (follicle stimulating hormone +/- leutenizing hormone)

Trigger- Injection that triggers ovulation, usually HCG