Sarah, it seems that down reg is the starting point for first cycles - they may start to do things differently on subsequent cycles if they want to get a different response.

If you're on CD8 now, I don't see any reason why you couldn't start synarel/lucrin towards the end of this cycle and then stim drugs after AF. But that will depend on whether your clinic wants you to take the pill before hand or not. If you can skip that part then you should be fine... otherwise it could be a long, drawn out wait for AF, start the pill, then start suppression drugs, have AF, start stimming... It's all going to depend on what your FS wants to do. Perhaps someone who uses the same clinic/doctor as you may have a better idea of exactly what will happen.

BW