Hey amy, what lairdoz said if your having a natural FET or if you have a medicated one (most common) you will start taking one 30mcg ethinylestradiol tablets on the 2nd day of your cycle then usualy you will swap to one 50mcg ethinylestradiol tablets on day 4 of your cycle, you will take these for about a week then swap back to the 30mcg ones and you will continue to take these right up until your BT to see if your pg and you will also start taking pessaries or crinone around 7 days before transfer. I had 2 BT's and 1 ultrasound during these cycles. With a natural cycle there is no meds but i had 5 BT's and 2 ultrasounds this is because they have to make sure they get the timing right. The FET cycles are much easier then the STIM cycles xx
Hi Amy.
Not sure what the system is where you're doing your cycles, but I assume everyone has a nurse that looks after their cycle, so if you don't have enough information you can give your nurse a call and she will explain what you need to do for the cycle. In my case, I'm having a FET now (transferred last Saturday), and the it has been a very simple cycle. From about Day 11 I had to use ClearBlue ovulation test (urine test) which told me when I was ovulating, and then the next day went in for a blood test to confirm, followed by the transfer (just like a normal embryo transfer) a few days later. From the evening of the transfer I have to take progesterone pessaries (PR though, and not PV!) twice a day, which is a bit of a pain since I have to lie down for at least half an hour for it to absorb.
As an aside, I was supposed to do FET last month but this was immediately after an antagonist cycle and I didn't ovulate that month so had to try again the following.
Thanks for all the info, thats pretty much what I thought.
I might give the nurse a call tomorrow and have a chat to her, they are always a bit rushed at my clinic though so ill see how much I can get out of them.
xx
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