Ovarian Drilling

Oh that is crappy sorry to hear no sign yet - mind you weren't you CD 18 last time? Possible that just taking a while again?

Will you go back to doctor before next cycle or had you already made a plan of how to proceed? I know what you mean either way just want cyce to hurry up so can start with the next option. The waiting in between is the worst. Fair enough to be mopey!

Have only told parents re BFP noone else yet and to be honest still haven't really accepted it myself yet as dont want to get excited and then feel disappointment like last time again - too painful.

Had BT on Friday that showed hcg levels rising which is good - will have another BT again in a week and then early scan (6-7 weeks) the week after. It was at that early scan last time that we found out things were not ok so once we over that mark hopefully I will let myself enjoy it a bit more!

Thanks Blair. Yeah, Cd18 last cycle. I guess I feel like late ovulation reduces the chance of success. I've heard that the lining gets old and makes implantation less likely. Who knows?

I can understand your hesitance at the moment. It must be nerve-wrecking! Good to hear your results are rising. Hope your next tests/scans continue to go well.

Beaker - I've done loads of clomid cycles over the years - all except a couple were unmonitored so I don't really know what effect they had. The couple that were tracked I had low/no response to (which is what happened with IVF too). So I'm going to try Letrozole to see if I have a better response. I asked about multiples and got the impression that the risk levels weren't that different. I'm not sure about other side effects but it definitely seems like it would be worth chatting to your specialist about if you had such a reaction to a low dose.

Just a quick update as I know it can be frustrating when you find a thread about a specific topic (e.g. ovarian drilling) and it just dries up...

Unfortunately the ovarian drilling doesn't seem to have done much good for me. Since the OD in April this is what has happened with my cycles...

Cycle 1: natural ovulation cd18 confirmed through OPK, temp and BT - yay!
Cycle 2: no ovulation, AF induced with Provera
Cycle 3: 2.5mg Femara (unmonitored). Possible Ov. Cd35 - way too late
Cycle 4: 5mg. Femara (monitored) with plans to do trigger shot. Cd10 Estrogen too low and Cd14 scan showed approx. 60 follies all under 10mm! Cycle cancelled. Currently on Cd25.

I absolutely don't regret getting the OD done in any way but we are obviously disappointed it hasn't given the results we were hoping for. For the first time in 5yrs our FA specialist has said he's "starting to run out of ideas" to conceive using my eggs. We've also used up all of our public funding for cycles with my eggs (some left if we swap to donor eggs). Current plan is to have one last shot at privately funded IVF with my eggs before investigating NZ (funded) or international (private) donor egg options.

Trying to stay positive!



Edited by SweetConception - 06 October 2014 at 5:48pm