So. I did the combination Letrozole and injectable FSH this cycle, got one big follicle and one “okay” follicle. She was hoping for 3-5 big ones. My ovaries suck.
I did the the trigger shot on July 13th, had an IUI July 14th, and on the 17th I went on progesterone.
I went in July 28th for my blood test since home kits wouldn’t be accurate due to the left over hCG from the trigger shot.
Here’s where things get interesting.
HCG has a half life of 24 hours, so it takes one day to leave your system. I got 10,000 units, so, on the 10th day, all remnants of the trigger shot should be gone from your system. I tested out and even though it was pale…the line never completely disappeared.
So, at my blood test July 28th…my hCG level was 5.
15 days after the trigger shot.
Which means pregnant.
It’d been 15 days since my trigger shot, so everything should have been out of my system.
Dr Landay said a beta of 5 was low – the lowest number they consider pregnant – but it wasn’t a negative. Those were her words. It wasn’t a negative.
So.. hope.
I went in today for another test. If my hCG level had at least doubled, it was a confirmation I was actually pregnant. While she ran the test, Q and I went out to lunch. If it had doubled, she wanted to call in more progesterone from the pharmacy, so we had to stay close by and wait for her call.
It was 1.5. That’s a negative.
What’s worse…this was my third cycle. Five IUIs on Clomid and Letrozole, with half a cycle on injectable FSH. No babies.
Lifetime chance success after three failed cycles: Less than 1%.
It just seems like this dream of a baby is getting further and further away. We’ll switch to straight hormone injections next time, but right now…I’m inside a deep valley and can’t even see the sun shining.
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