CD36 and afraid to take HPT - help :)

[usuk]

Long story short...I was a poor responder to Lupron and my IVF was cancelled on Friday April 16th. I went to RE on April 28th/CD21 to start estrace and was told I had not ovulated yet (no surprise because my follies basically stalled so I expected it) and to come back on May 3rd. On May 3rd I was told I was finally luteal and could start estrace, and to expect AF in 4 -10 days. I am now 10 days into estrace and no AF. I am sure it is just late but my DH keeps asking and I think he hopes that by some miracle I got pregnant with those lazy eggs. I do not want to buy an HPT and be suckered into this hope again. I have no idea when I ovulated but I know by May 3rd it showed I had. I have never wanted AF to come but now I am scared I really screwed my body up with the Lupron. If I went luteal 5 days later than usual, shouldn't AF be there no more than 5 days later (CD 33)????

[tryingfor6years]

I feel for you....  Maybe if you take the test as a confirmation that AF is coming it won't be as hard??? It's just never easy... but at least the test would give you some kind of answer.

[pol79princess]

I'm with 10_07 on that - if you'll feel less stressed, then test! If you are NOT pregnant, then I think not testing is giving you more false hope than actually testing and seeing that lousy single line :(  I'm sorry you have to go through this, best wishes :)

[usuk]

I did Menopur and got 6 follies. By my RE said to wait a month and try Lupron to see if I could get more than 6. Instead I totally crashed and burned on Lupron. So when AF comes, it is back to Menopur and probably enough follistim to choke a horse. I have had 3 MCs and so the thought is that I need to just land on a good egg and that if 1/2 my eggs are bad then 6 is not enough to yield in one retrieval.

Good luck tomorrow :)

[10_07]

I know what you mean... my hubby is always so optimistic but it sometimes drives me nuts! In theory yes, if ovulation was delayed a week, then AF would be delayed a week, but with all the meds we use it can delay it a bit longer. I would wait it out a few more days, but if it will put your mind at ease, test!

So will they change your protocol next time around? Just curious as to how things work. I am 99.5% sure that my test will be negative tomorrow and am trying to decide if I want to try a round of IVF.


Hope AF gets here soon!