ES, Big congrats to you!! I was just catching up on everything and reading through chronologically, and when you posted you thought AF was coming, I was like "oh no!" and then kept reading and said "yay!!" out loud. My dog looked at me like I was nuts.
I haven't been on this group for a while, but as for me, I began this next round of IVF last week on a Microdose Lupron protocol. Started stimming on Friday. I haven't had any conversations with nurses or docs about progress because my clinic communicates via a portal and so far just with things like "your levels look good, continue on this dose." But from my perspective and what I can deduce, I think I am responding way better on this protocol! I have been trying to compare my blood levels to my last round of IVF in May/June and at least comparing the same day of bloods and US, I am moving way quicker. For example, last round, on CD 9 (which today is) my Estradiol was 338; today it's 832. And last round on this day, I had 2 follicles at 11 and 12; today I have 5: 16, 15, 11, 11, 11. Aside from the different protocol, I've added and been on high quality COQ10, DHEA, baby aspirin, Vitamin D (in addition to my other prenatal supplements) now for 2.5 months. I've also cut out as much BPA exposure from my home and phased out many beauty products with phtalates in them, and switched to a Chinese acupuncturist. Not sure if any of that's making any difference but I'd like to think my results so far are promising. Oh and I'm feeling crampy and full in the uterus area, whereas my last IVF cycle and the one attempted before that that was cancelled due to poor response, I felt no such feeling. My IUI's before that when I got loads of follicles I felt this way too so I am familiar with the feeling and had a good hunch going into the ultrasound this morning that she'd see several follicles, which she did. Gotta latch onto any hope I can! Can anyone weigh in on my results so far?