Jasminstar - thanks for checking up on me. Yep, I'm still here and have already started my FET cycle.
Had appt with FS last week and came up with a bit of a plan. Told her my concerns of a short luteal phase, so as well as doing progesterone pessaries twice a day, I'll be doing 2 x Pregnyl booster shots in the luteal phase. Hopefully that helps. Also reminded her of my thin uterus lining issues too, so at the moment I'm also on Progynova (6mg per day). Only started the Progynova on CD9 which is apparently a lot later than most women start it (I think you're normally supposed to start it while still having AF). I'm a bit of a weird one though. Progynova is to do with estrogen and is supposed to help thicken the lining. I was told it is normally given to women with no or low ovarian function, so the tablets can do the job of what the ovaries are supposed to do. The weird part is that my estrogen levels have always been ok, but my uterus lining just doesn't seem to thicken very well.
Had an ultrasound yesterday (CD12) and uterus lining was only 5mm which is not great. And I had 1 dominant follicle at 12mm. Having said that though, I think I am usually a later ovulator (maybe not til CD17 to CD19), so I am just hoping that the scan yesterday was just too early for me to be showing progress in the uterus lining department.
To make things even more confusing though, I then got blood test results from yesterday (CD12), which showed that my E2 had decreased from BT 2 days earlier, but my LH had risen from 2 to 10 (from CD10 to CD12). WTF??? I'm on the Progynova, which is an estrogen replacement / enhancement drug, so how on earth does my E2 decrease while I'm taking it!!! My concern was the LH increase and I'm worried I might ovulate soon. But FS had said based on my follicle size (only 12mm) and E2 level (only 394), that I wouldn't be ovulating yet. And that the rise in LH might not mean anything because my LH surge level could be much higher than 10 anyway.
All in all I'm very confused. So any advice would be very welcome. I have another blood test and ultrasound on Monday which will be CD 16. Will also be doing OPK's over the weekend to see if I get anything out of them. I think this will be the first time ever that I want a NEGATIVE result from the OPK, because I just don't think my body is ready to support an embryo if I ovulate prematurely. I'm just hoping and praying that the ultrasound on Monday shows my uterus lining has thickened enough, and that my blood test shows I haven't ovulated yet.
Sorry for the completely long novel of a post. Won't do any personals since this post has been long enough already.
Hope everyone out there in BB land is going along ok.
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