Hi everyone!
After over a year of fertility meds and seeing nothing but cysts on ultrasounds, this past cycle my RE tried a high dose of Femara, and on what would be the equivalent of CD14 (Thursday) I had a 25mm follicle! He told me that I would probably ovulate that night or in the morning, and when I asked about a trigger said I would likely not need it and it would probably be too late for it to have any effect. He then prescribed me 100mg Prometrium to take 3x daily for 14 days starting Sunday, because my lining usually sheds heavily during anovulatory cycles. I did have sharp, tugging sensations around my left side ovary (where the follicle is) for a day or two after that. Starting Sunday night, I've been crampy, bloated, nauseated, and having hot flashes and crazy vivid dreams, and I am starting to get upset that it's all be from the Prometrium I started that day rather than any natural progesterone spike and worrying that the follicle was just a cyst or needed a trigger.
Have any of you taken progesterone supplements without knowing whether you O'ed or not, and if so, did the symptoms from the supplements "cover up" any natural ovulation symptoms? And does anyone know what "good" p4 levels (indicating ovulation) would be while taking progesterone supplements when I get the day 21 test tomorrow... I've looked all over the internet and can't find a thing! I'm really trying to be optimistic that the follicle released on its own, but after so long with no good news at all and finally having one viable follicle, it's hard to even consider that that opportunity might have been wasted.
After over a year of fertility meds and seeing nothing but cysts on ultrasounds, this past cycle my RE tried a high dose of Femara, and on what would be the equivalent of CD14 (Thursday) I had a 25mm follicle! He told me that I would probably ovulate that night or in the morning, and when I asked about a trigger said I would likely not need it and it would probably be too late for it to have any effect. He then prescribed me 100mg Prometrium to take 3x daily for 14 days starting Sunday, because my lining usually sheds heavily during anovulatory cycles. I did have sharp, tugging sensations around my left side ovary (where the follicle is) for a day or two after that. Starting Sunday night, I've been crampy, bloated, nauseated, and having hot flashes and crazy vivid dreams, and I am starting to get upset that it's all be from the Prometrium I started that day rather than any natural progesterone spike and worrying that the follicle was just a cyst or needed a trigger.
Have any of you taken progesterone supplements without knowing whether you O'ed or not, and if so, did the symptoms from the supplements "cover up" any natural ovulation symptoms? And does anyone know what "good" p4 levels (indicating ovulation) would be while taking progesterone supplements when I get the day 21 test tomorrow... I've looked all over the internet and can't find a thing! I'm really trying to be optimistic that the follicle released on its own, but after so long with no good news at all and finally having one viable follicle, it's hard to even consider that that opportunity might have been wasted.
