Cycle Review

I finally had my cycle review with PPVI just a little while ago (I'm on CD 5).  Dr. H wants D and I to do cyclical antibiotics for the next 7 cycles.  I'll start this cycle since I rarely peak before CD 16.  They will usually be CD 1-10.  Does anyone have a recommendation on probiotics?

I guess I never mentioned that Dr. H. decided to hold off trying PIO until seeing if there is some improvement from the antibiotics, so I haven't done PIO at all yet.  Hopefully I won't have any bleeding this cycle, but we'll have to see.  My progesterone was 31 and my estrogen was 18.4.  The progesterone is about average for me, but the estrogen is lower than what I've had previously.  Dr. H says the levels are good though.

The one thing that I didn't get any answers on yet was my P+3 u/s.  They do have the disk, but the PPVI u/s techs haven't looked at it and done their report yet.  I asked that they call me once they have the results.

I told D yesterday that I thought that we should continue treatment only until my 31st birthday in October 2011 at which time I'll be about 18 months/cycle out from surgery and we'll have been TTC for over 4 years, and D agreed.  At that time we'll start discussing, looking into, and saving for adoption.  We haven't ever had a serious discussion of adoption, so I wanted D to start thinking about it so that if we get to October 2011 without conceiving we can have that discussion.  We won't TTA after that time, but unless something changes diagnosis-wise, etc we won't be as actively trying.

Cycle Review Quick Update

PPVI just called and said that Dr. H doesn't want me to do the PIO this cycle, but he does want me to get a u/s done on P+3.  The nurse said that Dr. H wasn't too concerned about the mature follicle five days before peak, but I think that they want to see if I'm really ovulating or if I might have LUFS (lutenized unruptured follicle syndrome) since my time in Omaha didn't line up for a u/s series.  I may still need the PIO in my July cycle or if I have LUFS I may get HCG trigger.  I really need to stop now since I don't have answers yet and I'm starting to go crazy thinking about the possibilities.

CD 1 and Cycle Review

Not surprisingly, today is CD 1.  I've been spotting/bleeding for over a week, so I wasn't really expecting to be pregnant.  I had a 13 day post peak phase.  I called PPVI for my cycle review, and I got my P+7 numbers.  Progesterone was 35.2 ng/mL and estradiol was 34.8 ng/dL (348 pg/ml), so both numbers look very good.  We'll see if even more progesterone will help me to stop spotting.  The nurse is going to ask Dr. H if I should be concerned about the fact that I had a mature size follicle on CD 14, but didn't have my peak day until CD 20.  They are supposed to call me back tomorrow, and I'll post after I hear from them.


This will be my third full cycle after surgery and my surgery was almost three months ago.  My CM this past cycle (with B6 and Muci.nex) was even more wonderful than usual.  If the darn bleeding would stop, we'd be looking pretty good (other than the possible concern about the mature follicle 5 days before having my peak day).  I know that I'm not very far out from surgery, but I'm still frustrated by my bodies lack of cooperation.

Cycle Review, etc.

I had my first cycle review with PPVI today.  My P+7 progesterone was 27.0 ng/dL and estradiol was 46.2 ng/dL.  Dr. H wants me to take the 500 mg sustained release B6 and Mucinex twice a day starting on day 10 through P+2.  I may have called prematurely since I'm still not have constant flow, just crazy off and on.  It's either P+11 or P+14.  I took an HPT which was negative (just using the old take an HPT, get your period trick).  I also had a followup today with my wonderful practitioner, TCIE.  I do have some nausea starting, but one of the kids I nanny for vomited yesterday, so it could be just stomach virus nausea.  I promised TCIE that if I don't have real flow by Saturday that I'll test again.

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