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Day 6 (of injections) Scan - Follicle Count

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Happy to be on the scans section of this round of IVF! Yay!

Our clinic is 1.5 to 2 hours away so set off nice and early this morning. My parents picked me up as my husband needs to be in work this week.

Clinic was busy as usual these days. Receptionist was cranky as usual. You have to ask permission to enter through the intercom and they are not letting anyone in who has a cough/sneeze etc. Fair enough with the coronavirus, but it wasn't very friendly and it's not like I'm not going to come in!!!

Sooooo follicle-wise I had 9 on my right size and 11-12 on my left size, so 20ish overall! Quite happy with that! I have one at 12mm already, and then 10 of them are less than 6mm, but that means the rest aren't too bad. I am super happy with knowing I have 20 follicles even if half of them are small. They've upped my dose of Gonal-f to 300 and I'm in a good place.

Only weird thing was that I took my Cetrotide this morning, and the nurse said morning is correct (for my clinic/schedule), but I shouldn't have taken it this morning as I should have a scan first to see how my follicles are doing. So not entirely sure what that means...... that they should have not put it in my schedule for today or that they should have put in a scan for yesterday?! They said it's okay as I have one follicle above 12mm and so it's all worked out okay, but not to take Cetrotide before a scan in future. So if that comes up in a future schedule, I know to query it!

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RhinoCat

Well fab news 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 20 eggs :

🥚 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚 👌🏻

Super stuff 💐💗💗💗💗💐💖💖💖💖

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ttcemmie in reply to RhinoCat

Eggstravaganza!!!!! 🥚

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Wow congratulations 🥳 🥚

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KiboXX

20 follies is amazing! What great news! 🙌🏻♥️ xxx

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ttcemmie in reply to KiboXX

Thanks! Happy happy! I know 20 follicles doesn't mean 20 eggs, but we got 6 eggs last time, so it's looking good for that at least!

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KiboXX in reply to ttcemmie

It doesn’t but it’s a bloody good starting point! Higher dose is definitely doing good things 🙌🏻

Whoop! thats great news!! Fantastic!

I always have to start the Cetrotide before any scan.. I don't have a scan until day 7 and start it on day 4! Weird how clinics vary! xx

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ttcemmie in reply to

Silly silly clinics. All over the place! I am happy with today's appointment, though. Even if the nurse wasn't happy with me that I'd taken my Cetrotide as per the schedule. They try to add more stress to our plates!

Woww glad to hear it ttcemmie.

When are you going back? The upped dose was enough for 2 days for me to make them grow xx

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Going back Friday! Hoping for egg collection next Wednesday, but if it's before then I won't complain! x

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All the best. Goodluck praying for you xxxx

Hey this is awesome news. I had my scan yesterday but did take Cetrotide as prescribed with no issues. I guess clinics work differently. We are on a similar path with our treatment. I’m wishing you all the best 🙏

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ttcemmie in reply to

Thanks. Awesome awesome news. 😊 Let us know how you get on!

Yaaaaay what a great result Emmie! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍀🍀🍀🍀✨✨✨✨really pleases for you- I did say Gonal F was going to be your friend, didn’t I? 😉😉😉🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀keeping my fingers crossed xxx

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ttcemmie in reply to

Super happy with the result. 😊 Thanks.

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Picalilli99

Excellent news!! So glad everything is looking good. xxx

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ttcemmie in reply to Picalilli99

👍😁Thanks.

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Ranchu90

You have to take Cetrotide when your follicles are reaching a certain size. They had to scan you first to see the sizes of them and after that to advise you when to start taking the injections. I had to take Cetrotide on day 4 of stimulation because my follicles were big, others are taking on day 5 or 6.

Anyway you have a good number of follicles, everything looks promising.

Good luck 🤞

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ttcemmie in reply to Ranchu90

Thanks Ranchu! Yup, today was my day 6! Also my first scan date (since before the injections). I was definitely not taking Cetrotide out of self-choice. Would have gladly given that a miss this morning! Think they probably should have done a scan prior to day 6 of stims! Happy with my number of follicles, thanks. 😊😊😊

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Ranchu90 in reply to ttcemmie

I am completely agree with you, they should have done an early scan not at day 6.

On my first IVF cycle they also did my first scan on day 6 and from all 20 follicles that I had only 6 eggs were collected and 3 mature 🥺, was heartbreaking. On my second IVF they probably learned and ask me to come on day 4 😁

Keeping my finger crossed for you ❤️

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ttcemmie in reply to Ranchu90

Awwww sorry to hear that. I'm glad they adjusted your second cycle. Thanks for your advice. This forum is so helpful (as well as for the support) for getting clued up! When's your next steps? Did you get your meds? xxx

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Ranchu90 in reply to ttcemmie

I am waiting now for my meds to arrive from Spain 🤪 and next week I will start down reg 😏

I am really scared 😟 as we wasn’t the luckiest people in the world. One cycle one embryo was always the case for us 🥺😢

Great news, real eggstraviganza 🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚🥚💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾. Congratulations Emmie, you deserve all the best💐

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ttcemmie in reply to

Thanks Alidees. Loving all the support on here. You all are lovely ladies. xxxxx

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Chel91

Glad to hear it went good! That's a great number! 😁 So happy for you!! xx

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ttcemmie in reply to Chel91

Thanks. Me too! Every appointment, every update, has the potential for things to go well or not well..... so I'm taking wins when they're there! Today's a good day! 😁👍 Lots of love xxxx

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Italy300618

Well done you 👍🥚🥚 what a great start. I hope it continues for you 💗

I had cetrotide before my scans 🤔🙈xx

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ttcemmie in reply to Italy300618

Cetrotide *shudder*. Excellent start. 😊👍 Looking forward to tomorrow's scan now!

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Luna_79

Fantastic news, after your frosty reception that will have made up for it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 So pleased for you, keeping everything crossed for you xx

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ttcemmie in reply to Luna_79

I'm used to it with the receptionist. She's a frosty sort of person. Thanks for your well wishes, Fozzy bear. 😊😊😊💕💕💕

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FrancyItaly

Delighted to hear that, it’s always good to see progress along the journey! 🥚💜🥚💜🥚💜🥚💜 Wishing you all the best!

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ttcemmie in reply to FrancyItaly

Thanks! How are you doing? xxxxx

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FrancyItaly in reply to ttcemmie

I’m ok, I have cramps and I stupidly tested today with a cheapie at what I think is 7dpo 😕 (that’s if I ovulated at all this month!) and obviously was negative. So now I’m regretting that 🤦🏻‍♀️

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ttcemmie in reply to FrancyItaly

Sorry to hear that my lovely. Each month it doesn't get any easier. 7dpo might be a tad too early, though, so give it a bit longer. Just about to reply on your recent post! xxxxx

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Khess124

Hoping they all carry on growing nicely for you 🤞🏻 best of luck! Xxx

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ttcemmie in reply to Khess124

Thanks! 😊😊😊

20 sounds wonderful! Best of luck! X

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ttcemmie in reply to

Thanks. I'm well chuffed with 20 (even if they're mostly small). Egg factory! 🏭🏭🏭

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