After an Unsuccessful IUI - Infertility Message Board

suki222 · 07-31-2003, 07:10 PM

Here's a question that I hope somebody can help me out with. I did injections a couple of cycles ago and had 18 mature follicles. They cancelled the cycle and told me NOT to take the HCG shot. Then they told me we had to skip a cycle so that all the follicles that didn't get released would go away. During this time, he put me on the b/c pill because I have PCOS and he was worried that the follicles that did not get released would turn into cysts. I had an IUI last Monday and test this coming up Monday. If this is a BFN, will I have to skip another cycle? I took the HCG shot this time, so shouldn't that have released all the follicles mature or not?

If so, then there would be nothing to "clean out", right?

Please give the answer that I want.

Beth

curry · 07-31-2003, 07:29 PM

Hi, Beth.
I completed a complete iui cycle and of gonal-f in may and was hyperstimulated. I had 9 follies and was left with ovaries that were double the size of my uterus. Instead of being put on b/c pills, I was told to drink a gallon of gatorade a day until the cycsts went away. I was told that the hcg shot would make some of the follies burst, but I would be left with cysts and that they can go away on there own. Taking b/c pills makes the cysts go away faster. Sometimes you are able to start a new cycle once you have completed your pack of pills and other times, doctors will wait to make sure your ovaries have settled down.

suki222 · 07-31-2003, 07:33 PM

Hi Curry. Thanks for the response. I only had two mature follies this time and there were only one or two in each ovary that were really small. Do you think I'll be able to start this very next cyle right after a BFN or is it customary to always skip at least one cycle between IUIs?

Thanks!
Beth

curry · 07-31-2003, 08:33 PM

Beth,
I think you should be able to start a new cycle as soon as possible. I don't think you'll have to skip one because it sounds as if you produced a small amount of follies. The only reason for skipping a cycle is if there are cysts that are left from a previous cycle. Take Care, Curry

suki222 · 07-31-2003, 08:48 PM

Thanks!