Help me understand.

[Frosty's mum]

I think the problem with first cycle is it is basically an experiment to test the drugs and dosage, because at best they can only guesstimate what dose and what drugs you need based on your clinical history of infertility and your "age", which works fine in theory for the average woman. But who is the average woman? Some people are extremely lucky to get it all right in the first round, and others not, and as you and the IVF team go along, improve the regime to tailor it to suit.

I had exactly the same dosage in my second stim cycle as the first but different labs. I'm 37 now, 36 at the first cycle. Both stim cycle 10 eggs at EPU at 300U gonal F with ogulatran trigger. We had 3 ICSI blasts first round, 2 frozen. The fresh blast was grade A but BFN. At the FET, one snowbaby didn't survive the thaw, and Frosty had a bit of frost damage, but I got a surprise BFP, then misc at 6 weeks. Second stim cycle, 10 eggs at EPU, only 1 made it to blast at day5 for transfer, a grade A, the current bub, one more survived till day6 which has been frozen, I didn't dare to ask the quality. My gut feeling is the second lab might not be as good as the first. My FS changed labs and I decided to follow him.

Anyway, do your research and ask questions. If you think it doesn't suit, voice your opinion. Good luck for the next round.