So we went to the RE today for our follicle check/Ovidrel shot, and to our surprise she had 5 follicles over 14 mm, which are all considered mature (21,18,16,15,15,14). The doctor informed us that to any of her other patients with fertility issues this would be a great number, but we are not those people, as far as we know we have no fertility issues. So she talked to us and said that the risks of multiples is very high with us, and asked if we'd like to still inseminate. She said worst case scenario there could be 5 babies and that we needed to be prepared for that! She is not excited about multiple births our RE prefers Singletons and she expressed that to us. This is alittle too overwhelming for me. I would take twins or maybe triplets but 4 or 5 for me is way too much.
Our doctor also talked to us about "Selective Reduction" which brought a tear to my eye. This would involve reducing the amount of betas in order to ensure the health of my partner and the babies. She also did say there is a possibility of not getting pregnant at all but to be aware of the extreme case. She allowed us time to talk about our decision on whether not to go forward with the insemination, we both called our Moms (of course haha) they both said to go for it, what will be...will be. So we are going ahead with the insemination figuring we will most likely only get twins out of the deal.
We made this decision based on knowing this is our best chances of pregnancy, the doctor said that from here on out she would be reducing the Clomid to 25mg which would most likely only produce 1-2 Follicles. I know it only takes one but if you are given the opportunity to go into with the largest odds and advantage why not. It seems like Im saying this so easily cause Im typing it and you are reading it but in actuality I cried quite a few times today and am definitly not the crier in this relationship. I am more nervous than anything, to make jokes about having more than one baby and actually having more than baby...oh gosh.
Tomorrow is the insemination and Thurs is the other, we asked our RE if back to back makes our risk of multiples higher and she said its all about timing and not really cause its at 24 hrs and 48 hrs most eggs only last 24 hrs so either the first shot catches the egg or the second but most likely not both.
So all I can say is here goes!
Our doctor also talked to us about "Selective Reduction" which brought a tear to my eye. This would involve reducing the amount of betas in order to ensure the health of my partner and the babies. She also did say there is a possibility of not getting pregnant at all but to be aware of the extreme case. She allowed us time to talk about our decision on whether not to go forward with the insemination, we both called our Moms (of course haha) they both said to go for it, what will be...will be. So we are going ahead with the insemination figuring we will most likely only get twins out of the deal.
We made this decision based on knowing this is our best chances of pregnancy, the doctor said that from here on out she would be reducing the Clomid to 25mg which would most likely only produce 1-2 Follicles. I know it only takes one but if you are given the opportunity to go into with the largest odds and advantage why not. It seems like Im saying this so easily cause Im typing it and you are reading it but in actuality I cried quite a few times today and am definitly not the crier in this relationship. I am more nervous than anything, to make jokes about having more than one baby and actually having more than baby...oh gosh.
Tomorrow is the insemination and Thurs is the other, we asked our RE if back to back makes our risk of multiples higher and she said its all about timing and not really cause its at 24 hrs and 48 hrs most eggs only last 24 hrs so either the first shot catches the egg or the second but most likely not both.
So all I can say is here goes!
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