Where does the time go? It's a mystery.
Anyway, I finally got my Day 3 testing results back. Just to show how different things are these days, I FedExed my blood back to the far away clinic last Wednesday, like a week ago Wednesday, and just got the results yesterday. Like 8 days later. Which just goes to show you, I'm not the same on-top-of-it girl I once was.
And just to show you I really have no clue what I'm talking about anymore, they don't test my TSH like I thought in my last post, but FSH. Duh. Oh yeah, I remember that FSH now.
(Question for all you smart endocrine girls out there - MTL, I'm looking at you - is FSH or any of these hormones tested at all altered by taking the syn.throid? Just wondering.)
So it was not as bad as I feared, which isn't to say it was all good either. FSH was 9.6, e2 was 23, LH was 3.8. So those are all good, within desired ranges. The bad news is my AMH has tanked to 0.8. Granted, this is expected with aging, but still doesn't bode well for retrieving lots of eggs. And as a reference, my AMH was 2.4 in '09.
Dr. Famous wants to have me on the same protocol I did in Jan '10, the same protocol that produced the Critter. Making sure to include the HGH, which I did last time too. No Tour de France win for me.
Again, I think we are not gonna cycle til the Spring (March? April?), but I'm glad these labs are done. One less thing, ya know? I'm still feeling a bit...Overwhelmed? Ambivalent? Detached? Scared?...about it all. I want the kid, I'm just not so sure I want all the drama that comes with making the kid. But such is life, and I must inject the bad in my ass to get the good, sweet-smelling, spit-uppiness that I crave.
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All in all, I'd say those are really good 3 day labs!! I find it interesting that so many women have AMH levels that vary widely...make me think maybe it's not the super test it's cracked up to be. Anyway, I totally get your ambivalence about all this. It's hard to put yourself through all of it again, but the pay off can be so very worth it.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you my friend. I don't have anything of value to add... as I am also out of sync with what all the tests mean anymore. Hoping that you are able to cycle when it feels right for you and know that I'll be cheering you along!
ReplyDeleteHi there - I just stumbled across your blog. I use to have a blog...I cycled at CCRM. So I apologize if I am unaware of something in your story, but I just wanted to give you this encouragement. When I got my work-up at CCRM, my AMH was .5. Not only was our cycle successful (well, successful in the sense that we had a successful FET from that cycle), but I am currently about 10 weeks pregnant with our second child ("that" story - 4 years of unsuccessful trying, followed by IVF babe, followed by an "oops"). My point being - I was super stressed out by my AMH number of .5. Best of luck with your future cycle and don't put too much wait in that silly AMH number.;-).
ReplyDeleteMy FSH was 12.5 when I was 36 and last cycled, no clue what it is at 39, scared to see! What was your FSH before? Wishing you the best! You got us thinking about do we really want to attempt the roller coaster again? If $30k guaranteed a baby, we would so do it, but when it's only a chance, gosh that's so difficult!
ReplyDeletehoping things go well....the last line of this post: "I want the kid, I'm just not so sure I want all the drama that comes with making the kid. But such is life, and I must inject the bad in my ass to get the good, sweet-smelling, spit-uppiness that I crave." Yep...that's exactly how I feel....
ReplyDeleteI am flying out for another ODWU next week. Hoping for another FET in January. I would have liked to go back sooner but I had a hard time bringing myself to wean. *sigh*
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