I was on 150 Gonal-F from the 31st of December - on day 8 went in for a blood and scan which showed 10 and 12 follies on either side - but all too, too small - around 8-10mm...
They up-ed my Gonal-F to 225 - and I went in for my second blood and scan this morning - still the same - muuch too small... in fact, only 2 follies look a little bigger (8-12mm)
I am so, so scared... and I am actually totally gutted... I have a terrible feeling that this cycle is gonna be cancelled because I am not responding...
Has anyone else had anything similar???
I am gonna hear from the FS this arvo - but most likely will up my dose and re-scan Friday... but if no response by Friday... it's game over.
Oh fatgirlslim.
I know it happens for some, but for most the first cycle is more often than not a crash-and-burn. I'm sorry to say it, cause I know it doesn't help you at all right now, but it really is trial and error till they get it right.
My first cycle we did ok growing follicles and got to EPU, but then ....zero eggs.
But you know what? Our second cycle we got DS.
I'm really hoping the new doseage does the trick and you can proceed. Cancelled cycles are devastating.
But if not, your docs have learnt some important lessons about how your body responds to the drugs. And next time they'll do better.
It's just reaaaally hard to deal with it... I guess I was a little naive thinking that everything would run so smoothly - I really expected the "hard" bit being the embryo transfer - and the 2ww - but it looks like my challenge is actually GETTING there...
Fatgirslim I just wanted to agree with everything marcellus has said hun.
We have such high hopes and expectations when starting our journeys down the IVF/AC road, and with reason - it is our greatest and more often than not our one hope of having our dreams come true - why shouldn't we feel positive and hopeful that things will happen?
But unfortunately for many (most) women, the first IVF cycle gives less than ideal results, and it's really *really* hard to experience that because, no matter how many people tell you that it will happen eventually, it's still your journey and it still hurts you.
In my first IVF cycle we didn't do too badly for eggs (we got 10) but only 3 fertilised and only 2 made it overnight I was absolutely devastated - my eggs hadn't been mature enough before collection, it seems. But... in my next stim cycle we got 9 eggs and 7 of those fertilised and all but one of them kept dividing so it was a hell of a different result from just two months earlier!
Please know that in many woman things can change rapidly in 2-3 days leading up to EPU - sometimes follies can just mushroom and before you know it the next scan can show a bunch of beautiful follies are all ready to go. It happens often.
If it doesn't, please know that your FS will have learnt so much about you from this first cycle, as marcellus says and next time, you will more than likely see a huge improvement and big steps towards your dream... but I'm hoping that it's even too early to be talking about that yet
Devastated..
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