Follicles Shrunk
Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2016 2:09 pm
Hello, I am hoping you can provide me with some advice.
This is my first cycle TTC through IUI. My husband has azoospermia so we are using donor sperm. My blood work and saline hsg test results came back without any issues.
CD1 was Dec 26th - my usual 30 day cycle start timeframe. I took Clomid from CD 2-6 but my period was extremely light from 3-6 (which is VERY rare for me) then started again after Clomid until CD 8 (weird??). Then I had my first u/s on CD 10 (Jan 4). Nurse called with results:
Right:13.2 x 11.9 & 7.8 x 8.2
Left: 13.8 x 13.2 & 7.4 x 7.1
Nurse said I had to go back on CD 13(Jan 7) for a follow up u/s. Got results later that day:
Right: 9.5 x 10.3 & 8.8 x 8.0
Left: 11.0 x 10.9 & 6.4 x 6.9
Nurse said this cycle was a bust, she didn't know why they would have shrunk and that the Doc wants me to begin blood work on Jan 16 (CD 22) and every week after that until I get my period to check my hormones (progesterone). I requested another ultrasound be done as I tend to O late in my cycle (CD 17 to even as late as CD 21), the Doctor denied this request saying that there was no way my follicles would be mature enough to ovulate this month.
What are the reasons that a follicle would shrink instead of maturing without ovulating?? Nurse said this has happened to others but couldn't give me any reasons. I read that this happens to women who have pcos but I don't.
Any advice!?
Thanks
This is my first cycle TTC through IUI. My husband has azoospermia so we are using donor sperm. My blood work and saline hsg test results came back without any issues.
CD1 was Dec 26th - my usual 30 day cycle start timeframe. I took Clomid from CD 2-6 but my period was extremely light from 3-6 (which is VERY rare for me) then started again after Clomid until CD 8 (weird??). Then I had my first u/s on CD 10 (Jan 4). Nurse called with results:
Right:13.2 x 11.9 & 7.8 x 8.2
Left: 13.8 x 13.2 & 7.4 x 7.1
Nurse said I had to go back on CD 13(Jan 7) for a follow up u/s. Got results later that day:
Right: 9.5 x 10.3 & 8.8 x 8.0
Left: 11.0 x 10.9 & 6.4 x 6.9
Nurse said this cycle was a bust, she didn't know why they would have shrunk and that the Doc wants me to begin blood work on Jan 16 (CD 22) and every week after that until I get my period to check my hormones (progesterone). I requested another ultrasound be done as I tend to O late in my cycle (CD 17 to even as late as CD 21), the Doctor denied this request saying that there was no way my follicles would be mature enough to ovulate this month.
What are the reasons that a follicle would shrink instead of maturing without ovulating?? Nurse said this has happened to others but couldn't give me any reasons. I read that this happens to women who have pcos but I don't.
Any advice!?
Thanks