In total I was on Lucrin for 9 days before I started on 150 of Puregon.
Basically went like this:
Day 1 - started Oral Contraceptive Pill (My last natural period)
Day 15 - started Lucrin injections
Day 20 (or Day one of new cycle) - got my period dueto lucrin
Day 5 of new cycle - start 150 of puregon
Day 8 - E levels at 360
Day 12 - E levels at 430 - top up with another 50 of puregon
Day 13 - start puregon at 200 - E levels at 560
Day 16 - E levels at 2196
Day 18 - E levels at 2400+ - Trigger
Ended up with 12 follies in total
From that we got 6 eggs - one immature
4 of those fertilised
1 transferred (BFP)
3 frozen at Blastocyst, hatching blastocycst and expanding blastocyst stages.
Like my FS said - it's not how many eggs you get - it's the quality that counts.
So in total you were on FSH for 13 days?? We are on CD9 (6 days of stims)today, I just rang the FS and his receptionist said that the E2 levels are very low and we need continue with the Lucrin and the Gonal F at the same dose of 225iu and go back for another scan and bloods on Saturday morning.
By then it will be CD 13 and 10 days of stims. He thought we would go for egg pick up by Monday but this morning he said we most likely wont be. He said it looks like we will be stimming for a bit longer than we (and he) originally thought. Oh why cant things just go to plan. I was upbeat before and now i am starting to panic....
I can totally understand where you are coming from and how hard it is.
My 1st cycle produced 6 follicles (5 eggs) from 187.5 of Gonal after 7 days. My 2nd cycle I was on 225, no follicles after 7 days, its was put up to 375 for another 5 days and produced 1 follicle. On my 3rd cycle I was on 450 for 7 days and produced 8 follicles with 4 eggs collected.
When you look at all that on paper, there is no logic to it.
Try not to stress too much. I know its easier said than done and when they find no follicles it is shattering. Everyone's body is different and responds differently to the meds. And as you can see from my results, my body is doing different things each time.
Yup - 14 days actually. I was pretty disappointed with the numbers, especially when you are logging into Belly Belly and seeing women going through pick up and getting over 10 mature eggs. But in the end it all worked out - try not to stress over things that you can;t control. I know, easier said than done, but you can't will those little follies into growing bigger - you'll just have to wait and see.
I too was estimated for a pick up on a Monday and ended up actually having the eggs picked up on the following Saturday. Every woman is different and the body is a marvellously complex thing. My FS was taking is easy with the stim meds as it was our first round of ICSI and I think he didn't want to over stim me. But as time went on (day 9 of stims) he upped the dose when it was clear that I wasn't reacting as strongly as required.
Between days 5 - 18: I had 5 blood tests and 3 ultrasounds. I don't think we saw anything major on the ultrasound until much later in the stim cycle. I thought my cycle was going to be cancelled due to low repsonse.
Well i feel so much better now you guys... guess we will just have to wait and see. I read somewhere the longer you are on FSH the worse the quality of the eggs, but my FS said that the follicles that grow too fast usually dont have a mature egg in them. Have you heard/ or read anything about this before?
That is pretty much what my FS said to me - and it seems logical as well - not just something they would say to shut you up.
We only got 4 eggs in the end in our first cycle, but we also got a BFP in our first cycle. So, don't be disheartened - as cliched as it sounds....it only takes one. As nice as it would be to have the reassurance of 15 on ice....just in case. I can't help but think everyday how lucky I have been and thanking my lucky stars that we managed to get the BFP first go even after a bit of a shakey start and that we have 3 on ice waiting to become BFP's as well.
know what you mean about logging onto Belly Belly and seeing women get 10 or 15 eggs at pick up. Even worse logging on and seeing women younger than us getting only 3 eggs or some low number. I forgot how much IVF freaks you out. Much more than OI/IUI. It was pretty much a certainty that we'd have at least one follicle but IVF seems to up the ante a bit huh?
Last edited by Megan&Kim; March 4th, 2009 at 07:23 AM.
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