Day 4 of stims E2 level

I've been scouring the Internet in every spare minute today (which admittedly was not very many minutes) to look for day-4 E2 levels from other women's cycles for comparison purposes.

You see my first blood draw was today and the IVF coordinator called me with my number. It was 207 and I'm supposed to continue with the same dosage of everything until I go back there Saturday morning for another blood draw and my first ultrasound since I started the gonadotrophins.

I think this is good, but I cannot remember. And people who work at fertility clinics who are not doctors will never provide you with any information. I asked the IVF coordinator, what is the range the doctors look for on day 4.  She said, "They just look for it to rise." And given that my regular doctor is at that freaking ASRM in New Orleans this week, and other doctors are monitoring my progress, dosage and instructions, I am having more trouble than usual letting go of the need for control.

Also, last time on day 4 my level was 733 and everyone was freaking out about me being over stimulated. Clearly this was too high, but 207 seems so low in comparison.

So I found this cycle with E2 of 202 on day-4, and this cycle turned out to be identical twins

Then I saw an SIRM transcript where someone's E2 was 2500 on day-4. (WOW)

And then this one was 308 on day 4 of stims after 3 doses of stims and the nurse said it was a little high. That cycle was unsuccessful. Sucks. Her IVF #2 was also unsuccessful and she is headed for an FET. Keeping my fingers crossed for her.

So far, this day-4 E2 level of mine  is looking pretty good. But now I have three more days of waiting to think about whether it is or not and search for more E2 levels.

Comments

[Aurelia]

It sounds good to me. Try not to think about it, um, yeah, right...