AF finally arrived all by herself on Tuesday, June 9th so on Thursday I went in for my baseline u/s it appears that the cyst went away (yah!) My E2 was a 74 (it needs to be between 25-75 to proceed) and that night we started injections.
Today I went in to see how everything was cooking...My E2 was 289, my lining was almost at a 7, I had one on my right at 12mm and 5 smaller ones, my left ovary had 1 at 11 mm and 4 that were under 10mm. Not quite there yet so I have another injection tonight and one tomorrow then a follow up appointment on Wednesday to see how everything is responding. I was told that its a fifty/fifty chance that this cycle could be cancelled because of overstimulation - please help us pray that it won't happen. They told me that there is just no telling what those smaller follicles are planning on doing.
I found this information regarding E2 aka Estradiol aka Estrogen levels -
Estradiol (E2)
Day 3
25-75 pg/ml
Levels on the lower end tend to be better for stimulating. Abnormally high levels on day 3 may indicate existence of a functional cyst or diminished ovarian reserve.
Estradiol (E2)
Day 4-5 of meds
100+ pg/ml or 2x Day 3
There are no charts showing E2 levels during stimulation since there is a wide variation depending on how many follicles are being produced and their size. Most doctors will consider any increase in E2 a positive sign, but others use a formula of either 100 pg/ml after 4 days of stims, or a doubling in E2 from the level taken on cycle day 3.
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