My E2 was better today - 200. Still not what they want, but better. They also checked my LH and it's still low so there isn't fear of me ovulating on my own. Given that, I'm going back tomorrow for another scan, and will probably trigger tomorrow night w/ IUI on Saturday.
We now have an appointment scheduled on May 13th with Dr. Shepard. (This is if I'm not PG this month obviously.) She wants to meet with us to go over everything and talk about our next steps.
In that "next step" category, if I'm not PG this cycle we will be doing a test to check for something called MTHFR. They test for this a lot when there are recurring miscarriages. Apparently they have recently found that polymorphisms in the MTHFR gene have been associated with follicular growth in the ovary. Women with the MTHFR 1298 C allele produced fewer follicles after ovarian stimulation and had lower E2 levels. What does this mean for me? I'm not sure. They said that there is a metabolic reason that I'm not responding well, and I suppose this will give us the answer. I guess then there is maybe a way to treat it?
Want to come over to visit me tomorrow?
ReplyDeleteIs is just me or does the MTHFR gene sound like a bad word?
ReplyDeleteI second Anna's comment...that is exactly what I was thinking when I was reading the post!
ReplyDeleteI knew there was something about that acronym that sounded dirty!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are cracking me up! I thought the same thing too though ...
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