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Cyst formed where no follicle?
blkern23
Member Member
It has officially been a year since I started this journey. The crazy thing is out of those 12 cycles I have had 3 medicated cycles but only ONE IUI for various reasons. Anything that can go wrong has gone wrong. This cycle I went in for my baseline u/s and there is a 5cm cyst. They did bloodwork and found my hormone levels to be back down therefore the cyst is "non-hormonal". What I don't understand is that I did not have a follicle from that ovary my last cycle so how did that cyst get there? If it didn't come from a follicle then where did it come from? The doctors weren't at all concerned. They just said call back with your next period and made it sound like it should be gone next cycle. Has anyone else had cysts with no follicle? I'm so frustrated and confused. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Could it be that the doctors are not concerned because it will go away? Hopefully someone can shed some light.
I am taking a break this cycle waiting for the progesterone to wear off. I will try again next cycle. Hopefully my body will figure out what we're doing.
Thanks for checking in with me!! Happy waiting...
I follow your updates on California Cyrobank forum. So I know you're doing great. I just did my day 8 ultrasound and my follicles are still pretty small so this looks like a long cycle.
I cannot wait for your good news. I hope this is your last 2ww. All the best!!
Tamara.
I hope I'm doing good! I have 5 more days to wait which is killing me, but I'm so happy to have finally gotten to the 2ww. Are you taking any meds or are your follicles on their own? How about bloodwork? How does your estradiol levels look? Isn't it just one wait period to the next? You wait and wait for your period to come...then you wait and wait for your follicles to grow...then you have the BIG wait. I have never been driven so much by my calendar before this crazy year. I was nervous about this cycle since my follicles only grew to 15mm and 12mm but my doctor reassured my with my estradiol levels so good that there is a chance. I am feeling very positive right now but as these last few days go by it's hard to say how I'll be feeling. I just want it so badly I'm afraid I'm going to have myself convinced it worked and then be really disappointed if it didn't. But we'll deal with that on Tuesday if need be. I'd rather stay positive for now.
I hope the next few days go quickly for you also and your follicles cooperate and grow perfectly. Thanks for you thoughts! I'll keep you in my prayers. I hope to hear you're in your 2ww soon!!!
Becky
I read the posting and I am really sorry about the results. I read all the postings and there seems to be nothing we can do to make the results positive. We just have to be pregnant with the baby that is "ours".
Keep your head up. You're going to be pregnant with your baby.
I am in my 2ww. I am doing all the activities I am usually involved in to reduce the disappointment. I asked the doctor to reduce my progesterone dosage, so I have no symptoms.
I'll keep you posted.
When did you start your 2ww? Did you just have your IUI on Friday? I wish you the best of luck! I will be anxiously awaiting to hear good news from you. I figure one of these times it will have to work for us. I will be in shock the day I actually pee on a stick and see 2 pink lines. It will feel so unreal. Good luck and keep me posted!!!!
That's great news. I am so happy for you. He could be the sperm donor that was meant to be!!
I am doing well with my 2ww. I am planning a trip to Argentina at the end of April, so that has me excited. Please keep me posted, soon you'll be on your final 2ww. Praying for you.
When is your next IUI? What's your magic number of negatives before you move to IVF?
I had my IUI this morning! I was shocked that things moved so quickly this time around. No cysts and my follicle grew fast this time. It's hard to believe that I'm already starting my next 2ww. I had a 19mm follicle on Friday so I triggered Friday evening.
I have only had 3 iui's at this point. My first one worked but ended in miscarriage. My second was negative. I'll let you know about the 3rd in 2 weeks. So even though it's been over a year for me it's only 3 iui's. I don't know how many I would try before IVF. My RE seems to think I won't need to go that route but who knows. How many tries have done so far? Was it 2 tries? I know you are doing monitoring. Have you been using meds? How many follicles have you gotten each try?
Keep me posted on things and I'll do the same!
I have had two IUIs so far. I am going to use meds on my next cycle. Wow, 19mm is awesome. My follicles are naturally small. They do not grow past 16mm. I am hopeful with meds I will get a mature follicle.
I only get one mature follicle. I will be using clomid. I am excited to move to IUI #3 with meds.
My doctor thought I would have gotten pregnant with the first two. He was concerned about the size of my follicles, but I wanted to give the natural route a try.
I am so excited for you. It sounds like this one is it, Becky. Was your sample good? Mine was pretty sad. I am looking into changing donor and bank.
Keep me posted.
How are you making out? Did you get your period on time and did you start the Clomid yet? Let me know how you're doing. I'm still praying for you.
I have over a week before my IUI. I am starting to get stressed, so the acupuncture is necessary if only to relax and sleep at night.
Hope 3rd time is the charm for both of us. I'll be praying for you.
I hope you have just as much luck this time around. How did your day 3 go? Did you start the clomid? I'd love to hear about your acupuncture. I hope it helps relax you. I know its nearly impossible to relax.
I started my clomid at day three. I am going back tomorrow day 8. I was nervous that they were not monitoring me more closely for over-stimulation, now I am worried that it didn't work.
The acupuncture is great. I went in on Thursday with side effects from the Clomid and they work on it. I have not had any symptoms since.
Keep me posted.
Tamara, I really hope this is the start of lots of BFP's. I know last month was terrible at Cal. I hope the 3rd times a charm for you this time around too. Good luck with your monitoring. It sounds like the acupuncture is helping with symptoms and hopefully relaxing. I'll be anxious to hear how your monitoring goes this week. Will you go in everyday? I started monitoring on day 9 most cycles (I insisted on day 8 for one cycle) but then I went in everyday for u/s and bloodwork until they triggered. But that was with injections and they would change my dosage each day as needed depending what the u/s and bloodwork showed. So maybe they don't need to do that with Clomid.
Good luck this week Tamara and Welcome Misslissa. Let us know what you decide. I'll keep you both in my prayers.
Becky
They cancelled this cycle. The clomid was thinning my lining. I definitely had mature eggs with it, but they felt my lining was too thin.
I have to site out two cycles. My doctor will change my meds. It's a long wait, but I am going to hang in there.
Keep me posted on your pregnancy.
I went for bloodwork today and my HcG was 290 which they said is excellent. I go back Wednesday to be sure it's doubling. I will be nervous since it didn't double last time but it's much higher than last time. I am anxious but feeling pretty positive still.
I will keep you in my prayers Tamara for these next 2 cycles to go quickly for you. Keep hanging in there. I understand very well how frustrating it is. I am always here if you need to talk/vent.