Follicle Counts, Hormone Levels, and Jennifer Love Hewitt

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Well, I promised full disclosure of my egg freezing cycle and I am keeping my word. I am slightly bloated and craving a work out, but overall I am really functioning at a high level right now.

Here is a chart of my progress throughout my egg freezing cycle. Througout the process, I had my doubts that my little follicles would mature fast enough. Some of it is just anxiety and some of it is real fear based on what I have heard and read about other people's IVF cycles. When estrogen reaches above 4000, the doctors want to trigger ovulation for fear of ovarian hyperstimulation and loss of egg quality. Right now I am on Day 13 waiting for the Go sign to trigger or take one more day of meds. I actually needed to order an extra day of medications just in case I need to stimulate for Day 13. My medications have cost $4800.00 in total for the 13 days. This is with the Heart discount for Menopur and the Go Savings for the Cetrotide and Gonal F. I ordered from Freedom Fertility Pharmacy and I would highly endorse ordering from them. They check the prescriptions, give you free syringes and needles, and deliver exactly when they say they will.   Continue on by clicking read more.



I have highlighted the growth days from Day 11 to 12, and Day 12 to 13. I honestly felt extremely off on day 8 and day 12, the two biggest spike days in estrogen. Eggs to be viable candidates for freezing and fertilization later on need to be mature. Mature eggs tend to be in follicles that are between 17 and 23mm according to my doctor. They average growth of 2mm a day. However, as you can see from my charts, that is not the case at all with mine. What the doctors don't talk to you about is the possibility of follicle shrinkage. It is not that common, but clearly some of my follicles have shrunk some in the later part of my stimulation cycle. The overall positive notes here is that I am predicting to get between 11 - 13 eggs frozen. You need on average 10 eggs to make a baby for someone in my age group of 36 - 37. It all depends on the clinic and the individual's partner too. I do not know who my DH will be just yet. Hopefully, he will have a great sperm count, with excellent speed.

Follicle Counts / Hormone Levels for Egg Freezing Process
AGE: 37 F, No Diagnosed Fertility Issues; Low / Normal AMH	PRE BC BASELINE / 2.6.13 CYCLE PRIOR TO IVF	DAY 5	DAY 8	DAY 10	DAY 12	DAY 13
DOSAGE: Was given Desigin BC prior to stimulation cycle		Gonal F - 225 iui mixed with Menopur 150 iui	Gonal F - 225 iui mixed with Menopur 150 iui / Cetrotide .25 mg	Gonal F - 225 iui mixed with Menopur 150 iui / Cetrotide .25 mg	Gonal F - 225 iui mixed with Menopur 150 iui / Cetrotide .25 mg	Gonal F - 225 iui mixed with Menopur 150 iui / Cetrotide .25 mg
Uterine Lining	9	6	8.1	10.5	8.1	10.86
E2 (Estrodial)	15.4	235	811	1376	2700
LH	3.4	0.9	0.226	0.371	0.269
Progesterone	0.6	0.2	0.394	0.613	0.855
FSH	6.7
Ovary		3/8/2013	3/11/2013	3/13/2013	3/15/2013	3/16/2013	3/15-3/13	3/16-3/15
L1		9.73		14.73	20.69	20.7	5.96	0.01
L2		8.77		14.59	17.66	19.07	3.07	1.41
L3		8.66		14.53	17.46	17.65	2.93	0.19
L4		8.05		13.99	15.14	17.29	1.15	2.15
L5		7.78		12.58	14.96	14.72	2.38	-0.24
L6				11.32	14.89	13.97	3.57	-0.92
L7						11.95		11.95
R1		8.96		12.72	17.18	18.95	4.46	1.77
R2		6.3		12.19	15.04	17.52	2.85	2.48
R3		6.28		12.18	13.67	15.39	1.49	1.72
R4		6.1		10.86	11.63	15.09	0.77	3.46
R5		5.42		10.66	11.07	13.13	0.41	2.06
R6		5.1		10.66	8.32	13.04	-2.34	4.72
R7				9	7.67	11.54	-1.33	3.87
R8						10.86		10.86
R9						9.76		9.76
L = Left Ovary
R= Right Ovary
LH = Luetanizing Hormone
FSH = Follicle Stimulating Hormone

EggFreezing.com I will keep you posted on when my egg retrieval is and the results. Hopefully, these eggs will result into a baby or two one day.  Clearly I am not the only cool one doing it. Jennifer Love Hewitt announced she is considering freezing her eggs at 34.  Ladies, if you have any questions, please feel free to comment and I will write you back.  Posted by: Sam K.