Hi everyone,
Well I got my period yesterday... blood test today to confirm what I already knew... however I know need to have a repeat blood test in a few days because my hormone levels are elevated (but not enough to be pregnant). The nurse asked if I had any bleeding and I told her that it had come full on yesterday - really heavy. She then asked if I'd had a bit of cramping and I explained that I had really bad cramping from 2am Tuesday morning and the bleeding started around 11am. She then asked if I had any nausea (which I haven't). Anyway I asked if the higher hormone levels could be due to the hormones I have been on but she said no... so I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on this (my clinic never like answering questions). Someone suggested that maybe I had an early miscarriage and thats why the levels were elevated?

I'm still trying to decide whether I can find the courage and the finances to try another cycle (I only ended up with one embryo from my first cycle - which was transfered at day 2... so will need to start from scratch again).

I don't know how you women keep so strong to keep trying again and again... I've only had one cycle and I'm already so over it. Every cell in my body is screaming out "NO" it doesn't want to try again... but in my heart I'm still not ready to give up the dream.

Lori
Started donor search Dec 06, Started donor insemination Jan 09, Started IVF Feb 10