bloodwork before trigger & IUI?
Is it normal that my doctor didn't have me do blood work at my baseline or mid sono/follicle scan? Someone asked me what my estradiol level was today at my scan. What is estradiol? Should my blood have been taken before the trigger tonight and IUI on Wednesday. Sorry for so many posts. 1st timer.
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As long as at your baseline scan, you didn't have any cysts, there was no need for bloodwork before an IUI cycle. Also, you took femara, right? Femara is an estrogen inhibitor, so while typically there is an estrogen level of around 200 per mature follicle. Femara lowers this significantly and doesn't give them an insight into follicle maturity at all. So that is likely why it wasn't checked.
Yes, Thank you so much!! I only have 3 follicles so I guess that's why she didn't do bloodwork. ☺
Estradiol or E2 measures the amount of mature follicles I'm assuming they didn't check because doc saw 1 or 2 large instead or 4 or more. Sometimes they will cancel a cycle if to many mature. I didn't have my E2 monitored until u had 5 + measurable maturing follicles. Granted my RE didn't cancel my cycle because nothing was working. 5 cycles of IUI with 2 or 3 having 5 or more mature follicles and E2 levels being over 2 or 3 thousand and still it didn't work. Hope I was able to answer your question. Don't stress to much let it happen. Good luck.
Thanks so much Steph!!