Joy - I was on 150 - and my FS said that he was going to start me on a low dose (which I suppose he figured was a low dose - all up to their perceptions etc). They don't want to hyperstimulate you, so less is more (so to speak) - gradually increase your dose as/if needed. I'm sure the other girls who have been there done that advise.

Although for me, I ended up with low E2 levels, which meant there was only 5 eggs collected, and after a fraught week of negativity by the embryologist, all 4 ended up at blastie. When they were harvesting, all I could hear was the fertility specialist (not mine, just the one on the roster) talking casually about my E2 levels being low and how there wasn't much hope of there being any/many eggs - the poor anethesiologist was frantically trying to sedate me before I heard too much more of this conversation and my blood pressure when through the roof - I didn't pay too much attention, I was repeating my mantra and just relaxing (as I tend to run like a cat being herded at the thought of anything medical) counting down the time until I could get the heck out of there!!

Must be cranky pregnant woman talking - the kitchen was pretty much installed in one day - just waiting for the plasterer (who, as they get paid by the mtr, decided he would rather do a big project than a small one) - and we just have to choose the tiles for the wall and floor, and get a painter in to repaint, the kitchen and two bedrooms (unless I do it).

Gargy - yah!! on starting IVF - definitely don't need any more hassles