Currently in the middle of my first IUI cycle. I’ve taken 2.5mg of Letrozole on days 2-6 of my cycle and I’ve had two scans so far. First scan on CD9, everything looked great and positive, I had two lead follicles at 12mm and 13mm. Then today, CD12, I had another scan, where one follicle had grown to 17mm and the other stagnated behind at 13mm.
The doctor wanted me to trigger today. I did not want to.
My lining is just about 7mm but actually I reckon the doctor fudged the numbers a bit because initially I saw she was measuring my lining at 6.something mm but then when she saw one of my follicles was big enough she went back and took additional lining measurements and the measurements were suddenly showing 7.something mm. That definitely didn’t inspire any confidence.
So I’ve asked if I could wait an additional day before triggering and they’ve agreed. So, I will trigger tomorrow and do the IUI on Wednesday.
I’m not feeling very confident. If I had it my way, I would wait for my body’s natural LH surge and then trigger then because I know that’s when my eggs would most likely be at their peak maturity. Oh well, if it doesn’t work out, which I know it won’t, we’ll switch to another clinic. I’m not happy that they’re not trying to maximise my follicle maturity. They’re not even attempting to let the smaller follicle catch up in size. If by some miracle, the smaller one can grow by 2-3mm in the next day, then it might be big enough to release an egg by the time I trigger. Doubtful but let’s see how it goes.
Best case scenario would be for my LH surge to start tomorrow.
I just feel so deflated. I was hoping for two big follicles. Big as in 20mm+ because I know my follicles naturally get that big, and a lining of 9mm+ because that’s what I can expect in my regular cycles. I just feel like things are being done too early. I don’t really have any hope for this cycle.