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Hi all, I am a newbie. I know this is a long post but I don't feel like I know anything about this whole process and talking to others going through the same would be great for my morale. Here is my background. My DH have been married 5 years and had been TTC for about 1 1/2years before we went for treatment. We went through the hoops and found out I am OK but my DH has severe male factor infertility but he does have enough sperm to do ICSI
. So I started the supression on 3/29/03 with Lupron 10u and went in for baseline US and BW on 4/10/03. My baseline revealed that I had two cysts one in each ovary
but my E2 level was 32 pg/ml but my doctor told me the cysts would not be a problem because they were not making any E2. I started gonal F 225u + Lupron 5u on 4/11/03. May next US and BW was on 4/14 where my E2 level was 102 pg/ml and all follicles were < 10mm . My most recent US on 4/17 revealed 2 follicles>12mm on right and 3>12mm + 3>11mm on left and E2 level of 503 pg/ml. I was told by the nurse that this is not an ideal cycle
. Tonight I am suppose to up my dose to 300u Gonal F + 5u Lupron and go back in tommorrow for another US and BW. Does this cycle seem normal to anyone. I have no idea!!! I was hoping for more follicles because they told me that you can expect about half to fertilize and I am worried that I won't have enough to produce good embryos. Anyway this seems like a great place to get good advice and just be able to talk about my fears and concerns. thanks for listening


