First UltraSound with Dr. Zouves

Today is my first ultrasound to check my little follies. Usually, when I injected myself with hMG, I felt the follies growing everyday, but somehow this time, I didnt feel a thing in my ovaries area except last night when I felt a little ache on the right side. I had started the FSH/hMG injection 7 days ago.

Every night, I mixed 3 FSH (bravelle) and 1 hMG (Menupur) with 1 Unit of liquid Sodium, then injected in my abdominal area routinely back and forth each night.

This morning, I was at Dr. Zouves office, taking NKA, Estrodial and Prolactin blood tests, while my dear hubby had to produce backup soldiers. After that we had the ultrasound, and the Dr. Zouves said that I have

1. Tilt uterious which he had told me before

2. 8 Follies size 11-13 mm on the right side

3. 7 follies between 10-11 mm on the left side.

4. 9 mm of lining and he said that was good


Although the follies looked good, but Dr. Zouves had to increase my hmG because the follies are still a little small for next week retrieval. So he up it up to 3 FSH (bravelle) and 2 hmG (menupur) for 3 days. I will be back on Sunday for a 2nd ultrasound and a 50% chance of retrieval on Tuesday or Wednesday then implementation after that.

Experience with AETNA Insurance -
I was a little sad that my follies were still small, but I am ready to inject myself for 3 more days. I told the nurse to prescribe my meds at the same location where I had order my medicines before (Disco Rex/Walgreen) in Palo Alto, CA. When I drove by to pick it up, the pharmacist shocked me with a big bill on my medications. He told me the insurance is not paying for it this time. I didnt get it so I called my Aetna Pharmaceutical specialist. They told me that my special meds needed to be order through them, and not through the original pharmacy. I was bum, and told them to prescribe it for me. I had to called Dr. Zouves office and requested the office to faxed my prescription to AETNA for refill. To my surprise, AETNA got to it right away. Hopefully, my med will be sent in time for my continuous injections.

This evening, Zouves nurse called me and told me that some of my blood tests came back:
1. 1087 for Estrodial
2. 13 for Prolactin
She said that it looks good for the amount of my follies, but I have to continue my injections for 3 days.