Day 10 test
Posted by expatprairiewoman on Thu, June 25, 2009
So part of this cycle is a “clomid challenge test,” which can predict low ovarian reserve, or basically a low number of eggs remaining (which in turn can mean poor quality of the eggs remaining, as well). A positive (abnormal) test definitely means there’s a problem. A negative test technically means that nothing was found to be wrong — it is possible to still have an ovarian reserve problem that the test doesn’t detect — but it does make that less likely to be the case.
Here’s a link that explains it a little better: http://www.clomid.havingbabies.com/clomid-challenge-test.html.
So my Day 3 FSH was 4.4, which was good — they want it under 10. Then I took generic Clomid for 5 days (accompanied by “power surges” and some minor moodiness, fun).
Today was the Day 10 FSH — and it also came back just great, 3.9. So we have more confidence that our fertility problems are not from early ovarian failure or something. One more possibility to check off the list.
Which I have mixed feelings about.
On the one hand — then what is keeping us from getting pregnant?
On the other hand — crossing this off the list seems to indicate a better chance of getting pregnant with IUI. For example, if the sperm are having trouble getting into the uterus — which can happen for a variety of reasons — then IUI would bypass that kind of problem.
I hope so…
