Gonal-F/Puregon & spotting/bleeding

[Acacia]

Hi Sandy,

I understand how difficult and emotional it can be when you have no idea what your body is doing when you first start IVF treatment. Hang in there, and ask lots of questions if you need to here - the ladies on BB are so supportive and knowledgeable.

It's good that you're going to be able to have a BT tomorrow, even though it was due anyway. Make sure that you make the nurses aware that you are concerned and stressed about it and make sure they are able to offer you an explanation of what they think is going on, and what will be the next step of action if required after the BT. Ask to speak to your FS if you aren't happy with their explanation. You deserve to be reassured and to know what the possibilities are.

So you know, after I wrote this thread back when I had my first IVF cycle, I continued to have proper AF-type bleeding for a couple of days (less amount of time than normal AF though) and then it stopped very quickly and my stim cycle was able to continue normally. The only thing that was different was that I needed to be on the Gonal-F/Puregon for an extra couple of days to counteract the loss and build my lining a little more before EPU.

I think that as your oestrogen levels increase and build up whilst on the Puregon, this will stop any spotting/bleeding you are currently experiencing now. I don't know whether your FS will want to increase the dose, but they may do what my FS did, which was to monitor you again and extra after this BT to see your levels, perhaps do a scan to see your lining (I didn't have any BTs, just scans to see my lining and follicles), and if they can see that your oestrogen levels are rising nicely, despite the spotting and that your lining is building back up if they do a scan, hopefully everything will continue as per normal, perhaps just a little longer on the Puregon before you will be ready for trigger.

Good luck, I hope the BT shows everything is going along well, and if so, you can be pretty sure that the spotting should stop as your lining starts to thicken more and become more stable as time goes on during this cycle.

Try to keep breathing, hang in there even though I know you're scared and confused, and know that there's plenty of hope that everything will work out fine this cycle - my situation in this thread is proof!


Miss C