Ready to trigger but blood markers a concern

[neonpg]

Edit just in case anyone has the same and comes across this post:

In the afternoon the nurse called to say my blood markers are looking a lot better. Oestradiol now at over 4000 (up from 2000) and LH looking better. This is the second time I've found myself spiralling over something that then resolved itself. Egg collection tomorrow and I'm terrified as it's my last go.

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I hope everyone is okay as can be!

I'm currently in the middle of my third and final IVF round. The good news is that my lining is "textbook", I have plenty of good-sized follicles and I'm ready to trigger tonight for egg collection on Wednesday.

However, the nurse has noticed a weird pattern with my blood test results that was also present in my previous failed round in February but not flagged. Basically my LH has plummeted and my oestradiol levels have plateaued. She couldn't say what this means (though she briefly said the dreaded words "egg quality"), but wanted to tell me "for your own information" as something to discuss with the consultant should I need a follow-up with him.

I know that not every clinic monitors LH and oestradiol during stims so it may be that we're reading too much into it all, but given my history I'm now feeling pretty devastated and fear this round will fail like the two previous ones.

If anyone has been through similar and has any guidance or advice that would be amazing.

[fidgetmcgee]

Thats great to see the update that the results are looking better! I don't really understand much when it comes to what they're looking for with Oestrogen and LH results.

Best of luck with egg collection tomorrow! Will have everything crossed for a good result for you. Take good care and try to be kind to yourself in all the stress

[neonpg in reply to fidgetmcgee]

thank you! And same here, before I started this whole thing I didn't really give much thought to these kinds of results, but IVF is crazy making and the longer you're in the game the more you fixate on these random things (especially after multiple treatment failures).

Feel quite emotional knowing this is the last time I'll ever go through this. But as you say just trying to look after myself and my partner x

[fidgetmcgee in reply to neonpg]

Oh you absolute love, how could you not be feeling emotional about it all. My heart goes out to you. Wishing you all the luck in the world with the rest of this cycle!

I've been through 3 cycles with my partner going through the treatment so got really obsessed with various things but i dont think out clinic even told us the oestrogen results so it wasn't something i could deep dive on!

Ive found there are a lot of assumptions made about how easy it will be for same sex couples (you have two wombs! etc) and its really hard when it's not. Not even thinking of all the other complications we face.

Hope you and your partner can take it easy this evening and that tomorrow goes brilliantly

[neonpg in reply to fidgetmcgee]

Oh, for sure! I watched a lot of same-sex IVF journeys on social media where things worked first time so I definitely got my hopes up a touch. This journey has been very humbling! I'm glad your partner got success and I'm wishing the same for you as well (it sounds like you're just a few days behind me).

[fidgetmcgee in reply to neonpg]

Yes totally the same! We haven’t had any success yet sadly all my partners cycles failed. I didn’t think it would be such a long road but here we are.

Anyway I really hope that you have/had great results today and that all goes well. Hope you take good care as you recover from the egg collection too

[neonpg in reply to fidgetmcgee]

I'm sorry to hear that-you're definitely overdue some good luck. My retrieval went well this morning and now it's out of our hands!

[fidgetmcgee in reply to neonpg]

So glad to hear your retrieval went well! Best of luck going forward