gargy - i too have PCOS - and had to be on doses of 150-200 to get even a minimal response. i think it's more common for PCOS sufferers to need higher doses - although not everyone has to!!! i guess it's just another of those nasty little implications of PCOS! how rude!
i got 1 dominant follie at 150 (resulted in chemical pregnancy), 1 at 175, 3 at 200 - have now moved to IVF - and got 22 eggs at 300iu - but something along the lines of 60 follies - so was super uncomfy!!
good luck with it - i just read your boo hoo - and to be honest, i would think it's best to either tell her it's not possible for her to stay due to work commitments, or tell her you have to have some tests or something, and would prefer the time alone to recover. as far as most people know, i had minor surgery that resulted in complications when i had the IVF EPU - no need for them to know i chose to have time off to deal with it all! if we ever have to do another epu i'll again take time off work - but to be honest, i found i was fine through the IUI's - had to juggle work a bit, but no one guessed that anything was going on, so you may find you're ok... if insemination isn't til the 21st, you won't know results til the first week of feb anyway - might be better to get the visit out of the way!
Gargy,
what happens with PCOS is that your body is less likely to behave as predictably as someone without PCOS so that sometimes you might understimulate but next cycle, overstimulate on exactly the same dose. For a person without PCO, the dosage of FSH varies according to age and weight but then with people with both PCO and PCOS the FS has to take that into account and adjust the dose. Typically for a first cycle they would generally tend to give a lower does as PCOS people are more likely to overstimulate and be at risk of OHSS.
I am not sure if they use the same dosages with IUI as they do with IVF, as they don't try to get as many eggs with IUI but to give you a comparison, my donor was given 300 on her first cycle and my FS says that is the typical dose for a person of 35 years old.
Sounds to me like your FS was making sure you would not overstimulate when giving you 150, as that is more of a typical dose for a person in their 20's rather than their 30's so my guess would be he will start you off on something higher this time.
good luck.
I was actually trying to figure out why I get very messy when I'm on the puregon (crying, anger etc) and I thought that it was because I was on a higher dose. Sounds like the PCOS is the problem, as it is so unpredictable (thanks Anney for your brilliant explanation BTW).
BG, I had a big talk with my Mum too and she said it was just easier to go with the flow and my MIL will have to cope with whatever is going on. Mum said 'are you really going to postpone this forever' and I realised I was going back into old patterns and putting myself last. As I said to her, this is probably why I am 38 and in this situation. She said the only two important people in this situation is you and DH, everyone else is a lesser priority. That made me feel a whole lot better.
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