So my job right now is pretty simple: grow a uterine lining. But the experts aren't exactly leaving it up to me. They've devised a very specific regimen to get things just right. Well, maybe... I've been on the estrogen patches as described in my prior post, and the amount of estrogen helps determine the thickness of the uterine lining. The goal would be that by the time we're ready for transfer (about 2 weeks away), my lining would be between 8 and 13mm thick. So I went yesterday for an ultrasound to check the thickness. I'm already at 9mm. So that seems like a good thing, but too much is not actually so good. I think if the lining ends up being significantly over 13mm, they won't let me go through to transfer. All of the embryos would be frozen and they would try again later to get the lining right. Unfortunately, frozen embryo cycles have a significantly lower success rate than fresh cycles.
So what now? well, I'm still waiting to hear definitely from the doctor but I think they will just decrease the number of estrogen patches I have to wear. We'll see if it will be enough.
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