Long Term TTC & Assisted Conception - May/June 2009

Hey everyone

Thanks for always being here. Sorry I don't write too often.

Emerald Star – I went for a scan today (day 8) but no dominant follies, although one on the right looks bigger (and that is useless to me as no fallopian tube on right) so they have suggested another scan on Monday to see which side is dominant to see if it is worth getting a Gonal F injection to stimulate the follies, and go ahead with IUI. So, depending on follies, it could be any day next week.

Mitf – thanks. I guess I just worry a lot about everything, and the thought of daily injections scares me, and also what if the doc doesn’t do it all properly to make you come back again, and pay thousands of dollars every time… Why can’t it just work first time? And why can’t we all just fall pregnant. It’s so unfair! Great news on the promising results

Midhugs – my friend has suggested something called Diabecin. It is more for diabetics, but is supposed to be good to help thin the blood. Speak to your doc about it – or try cinnamon based things, as cinnamon is supposed to be good for that as well

Has anyone done acupuncture? And do you continue it during your FS treatment (IUI / IVF?) I did it last cycle, and I guess there is no way to say it helped, but I had 2 good sized follies on Day 8, but I was too scared to continue with it after the IUI…

Babytruj - thanks for the med advice. I've been having weekly acupuncture for over a year now and also had it either side of my TF this week. It's done wonders for my cycle, so I can't say enough good things about it.

Lil MHC - also thank you for your advice on Clexane. If this TF amounts to nothing I will most def be pursuing some alt drugs to aspirin.

INJECTION TIP - for all of those girls currently injecting themselves as part of their IVF stim cycles, I found that one of those freezer bricks that are used in esky's is great to numb the injection site - particularly for Ovidrel or whatever booster shot you are given. It works, so try it. The booster tends to be quite thick and can hurt a bit otherwise.

Have a good weekend girls. I'm on the TWW. My BT is 29 June. :pray:

Hi girls,

Well, what a ****ty week I've had. First some personals!

Mindhugs - good luck in your 2ww hunny! Rest up and think positive. I have a clotting disorder (Factor V Leiden) which means I am more likely to develop blood clots also. Have you seen a haemotologist about it? Mine and my FS prescribed Clexane (yay, extra jabs - not) which I took daily while taking Puregon, then I also took for 10 days after my EPU. It comes in single-use needles so while it is another jab, it's not too bad. You do have to be careful and not rub the injection site or you'll get a massive bruise.

Babytruj - I've been having acupuncture for the last couple of years to help with stress and fertility. I just had my 1st IVF and I had the acu before the cycle (to get me 'ready'), then while taking FSH I had a couple of sessions to help egg development, then I had a session the morning of my transfer (good to relax you as well as get your uterus ready!) then I also had a session the day after, and a further week after that. Obviously you don't have to have quite so many treatments but I feel it really helps me mentally with stress etc.

mitf - glad things are moving forward for you!

krikkit - how did your appt on Friday go? Have they decided when EPU will be?

JBM - hope you are feeling much better soon. Bring on September!

juniper76 - well we are in the same boat aren't we? Here's hoping the next month passes quickly.

AFM - well first I got the BFN on Monday. Phlebotomist gives me the biggest bruise I've ever had from a blood test, which I subsequently have had to hide all week at work. Then on Tuesday the clinic call unexpectedly and tell me if I want I can go straight into another cycle. That is, when AF arrives, that is Day 1. They tell me my estrogen levels are low, and that they think this is an option for me given that I don't normally get AF without assistance.

So I think well, I think I can handle it. Plus a month just seems like such a long time to wait (as we all know). So on Wednesday night I start getting a few cramps, and then on Thursday have the worst AF cramps I've EVER had, in fact could hardly drive to work. Took some painkillers which worked after about an hour, but then I forgot to re-dose and was in agony 4 hours later. Ended up leaving work early as I couldn't sit down.

So Friday morning get up and (TMI warning here) pass the biggest clot ever. Like freaking MASSIVE and am secretly glad it happened before I'm in the clinic having my scan (how embarrassing would that have been). Get to the clinic and go in for my scan and they have some problems finding my ovaries, which they often do. Then suddenly they start talking about cysts. Yep. I have 2 'large' cysts on each ovary, up to 3 x 4cm in size.

So, cycle cancelled.

Talk about a rollercoaster week. So now I am back taking Progynova for 3 weeks then Provera for a week to bring on AF and then it's IVF #2. Providing the cysts have gone by then. Has anyone else had cysts before? This is new to me and slightly scary.

Well - that was my ****ty week on the IVF rollercoaster. Looking forward to re-grouping over the next month and getting into a more postive head space :rolleyes:.

Hi all, :baby:

I was given this thread on a blog. I am looking forward to chatting to people that are in the same boat. I am on my first cycle of IVF(ICSI). I finish my pill next week and am on Synarel at the moment. I am looking forward to my scan on the 1/July. Then i will know when to start my injections. Just wishing for a little miracle at the end. :pink-babydust:

Hopes....:crossfingers:

hi girls,
well this morning AF arrived along with a flood of emotions and tears. :wall::wall: at first finger crossed it was only spotting but an hour later pretty sure there was too much and now it hasn't stopped. Very sad, was a lot more positive this time around. Stayed in bed until 2pm feeling rotten, and most of all hating my body for letting us down again. BT is not until Thursday, but whats the point. :BFN: DH and i to have a talk this afternoon to see where to from here. For sure we will try again, but i think perhaps one more go and then a bit of a break to recover, mostly psychologically.

thanks for listening and good luck to you all. wish you all the very best, such a tough time for us all.
j.

hi everyone
good luck with your stage where you are at and lots of :stickyvibesgirl: :stickyvibesboy:
:pink-babydust:

sarahxxxxx

Hey Hey girls just a quick update from me got a call from FS with my BT results and it seems like my body is failing me again the surgery only helped me to ovulate that 1 time which we missed and now I am not ovulating again! I had a massive cry to DH after getting off the phone it just breaks my heart.. So now another BT on wednesday and we are seeing where to from here :(

mrsP: so sorry BFN, nast AF, not sure about cysts, hope they go soon, next time for you. good luck . x

hopes: :welcome:
jayejaye: yuk AF, we do hate her. hope it settles soon.

missK: :grouphug: sounds like you need a group hug.

hi to everyone else, sorry i havn't read all threads yet, i am still sick with the flu and it is taking forever to feel normal again !

:wall:

Hi Girls!! I'm back! Missed you all! :D

Miss K, I'm sorry to hear about your ovulation... Be strong because things will work out for you! :comfort: You need to keep trying! FS will have a great plan for you!!

EsmeraldStar, Loops12, Mitf and Hopes, you will have your cycle starting soon!! GL! :dance: you will be all fine!!

babytruj, Mrs P, JayeJaye, so sorry for your BFN, I'm sending very good vibes for your next cycle soon! :pray: Mrs P, I had a cyst removed from my ovary Dec/08. My FS didn't want start IVF until I had it gone naturally or removed by Lap, there's a risk of infection during EPU.

Krikkit, GL with your EPU soon!! :goodluck:

Mindhugs, Juniper76, baby2bee GL with your FET! I'm now on the same boat as you girls and can not wait to have the snow bub transferred! ;)

I'm hanging in there... On Saturday I had a scan and my uterus lining was 7.7mm, which is not that great but close to the desirable 8mm. So FS increased my dose of Proginova (which is making me so nauseous... ) Still taking Synarel and started yesterday evening the Crenone. They going to thaw 4 embies today!! (and today is my B'day! :birthday2: so hopefully we will have a good healthy one in this batch as the best present ever!) Transfer will be on Friday and I'm very excited for it!!! We never got to this stage so it's all new for us!!

:crossfingers:
XXOO

MrsP, sorry to hear about the cysts. FX they go on their own. :crossfingers:

esperan, Happy Birthday! GL with the FET. We're not doing one yet because we only have one snowbaby and I'm worried about it not surviving the thaw. We're going to get some testing done this cycle and then do another fresh cycle in July or August.

B2B - hope you can occupy yourself with the wait. GL for future go's.

JBM - hope you're feeling better. GL for Sept!

Krikkit - Hope you get to do your transfer soon. GL:crossfingers:

Mrs P - sorry about your rollercoaster week. Hope you can get rid of those nasty cysts and move forward ASAP.

Hopes - hi and :welcome: Im at a similar stage to you - currently on the pill for 1st IVF. I start on Syranel early next month. I have EPU at the end of July - 27th i think. GL and :pink-babydust::bluedust: to you!

JayeJaye - Hi. Sorry about AF. GL, i hope you can get things happening soon.

Mrs M - Hi. GL with losing your weight and moving onto IVF.

Miss K - so sorry you've had troubles. GL with the BT - hope they have some positive advice and actions for you.

Esperan - Happy Birthday! Hope you've had a nice day. All the best for your transfer - very exciting!!

Juniper - GL with the test for July/Aug IVF.

AFM - just on down reg (pill) for 1st IVF - trying to keep occupied to pass the time and trying to work out how on earth we are going to pay for this!

Sorry If ive missed anyone and sorry to those that have had BFN's this cycle - thinking of you all x

Hi Girls,
Yesterday I spoke with the lab and from 7 embies, 4 survived the thaw. So now I just need to have fingers crossed for at least one go to blastocyst... I'm very anxious...

:pray::pray::pray:

Hi ladies - it has been a long time since i last posted, and as i'm nearing a FET (Mon 29th), i have been doing a bit of lurking!!
Esperan your post yesterday caught my eye - we share the same birthday - so a very happy bday to you, and hope we both get the best bday presents ever :)
I'm really looking forward to my FET, and have been feeling great since i stopped the pill (i'm terrible on the pill, turn into cranky pants:o)
May not do a lot of posting, but wishing all the best to everyone :loveshower:

Hi Theresep
happy b'day to you too!!!:happybirthday:
Good luck on your FET!
I haven't heard again from the lab so the 4 embies might be still going well... Tomorrow I will be calling the lab to check...

Good luck to all you beautiful girls - the support on here is amazing.
I have some catching up to do - haven't been on BB for awhile but we've started FET cycle and needed some support. We only have one ice baby left from our last cycle and I'm really worried about the thawing process. From what I have read it looks like they often thaw more than one to get a blastocyst.
The HRT is mucking with me - mood swings, nausea and I'm feeling really flat. Is this normal?
I'm also wondering how I am going to lay down for half an hour in the morning after using pessaries - I have a 16mth old, how do you lay down for half an hour on the lounge?
Anyway - I'm back and strapped in for the roller coaster ride. I'm going to try and catch up with where everyone is up to, it might take a little bit to get into the swing of things.

Hi girls,

Loops :D, Hi and Thankyou for the welcome. I finish the pill today, it's another step. I have waited two years for this. It is moving along really quick. The synarel has been giving me headaches but i feel ok. I am wishing you all the luck in the world. :pray:

JBM :p, Thankyou for the welcome. :dance:

Mindhugs :lol:, Thankyou for the tip about the injections. I am not looking forward to them. Good luck :goodluck:

To all the girls i have missed :crossfingers:

Hey Hey girls just a really quick update guess what.....

I OVULATE TOMORROW can you believe this I almost cried my body is working for me today so fingers crossed we get a nice strong eggy!!

:dance:Miss K great news!!! GL!!!

Esperan - GL with your four embies and the transfer :pray:

theresep - Hi and :welcome: All the very best for Monday.

JanieS - Hi and GL with the thawing process and everything leading up to your FET :crossfingers:

Hopes - Glad you are happy and excited and that the Syranel isnt affecting you too badly. Its so great that we have a much greater chance of getting pg finally. All the very best of luck to you x

Miss K - excellent news - very exciting. Sound very promising - GL :pray:

Hi to everyone else and hoping you are all well x

Hey Girls

Mindhugs and Mrs P – It’s so good to know someone else has done it too, during and after. My Gynae is not so keen on it, so haven’t really said anything to her. After my IUI I was too stressed to do anything! But might give it a try this cycle!

MindHugs - Good Luck with the TWW.

Mrs P - sorry about the BFN, and all the stresses of last week. Take the month and relax a little. And think that this month wasn’t meant to be.

Hopes – Welcome. Everyone here is great, and always full of advise.

JayeJaye – sorry about BFN. Its such a harsh blow when you think so positively during the month…

Miss K – Yay for the ovulation!! What have they said after the blood test?

Esperan – Happy Birthday for Monday. Good Luck for your transfer. Hope your embies are good ones! You mentioned your embies going to blastocyst. Is that the normal procedure in Australia? I know someone in the UK who recommended that we get the embies to that stage, but the one FS I saw in Singapore said he doesn’t do that as there is no proof it works better.

Theresep Happy Birthday for Monday as well! Good luck!

Loops21 – good luck with the IVF

JanieS80 – Good luck with your cycle. Any chance you can get a friend over to help look after your

Daughter? Or is it everyday that you have Pessaries (I don’t know what those are)

AFM - I went for a scan last Friday (Day 8) and was told that I had follies on both ovaries, but neither of them looked dominant, although there was one slightly bigger in the Right side (right side is useless cos I’ve had my Right fallopian tube removed) So we decided that we would give it a break this month. Going to try and see some IVF specialists here in Singapore, and try and find one we like. I’m also worried about when we do IVF, as I am away at the end of October, and was told I shouldn’t travel in 1st 3 months if we are pregnant... But think I have decided that if the time is right to do IVF we will, and I will cancel my trip. It will be worth it. (even if my friends hate me for cancelling)

Feel a bit bloated this month – think I can actually feel my ovaries more swollen. We’ve been BDing this week to try naturally, even though it’s probably a waste of time, but the practice is fun! Got an appointment with a FS on Tuesday, and gonna try start Acupuncture tonight (If I can get an appointment) I do think it helped me last cycle as I had 2 good sized eggs on Day 8 before any Gonal F to help them grow!

Good luck everyone wherever you are in your cycles..

Hi Babytruj,
I don't think it is an Australian procedure to grow fertilized eggs into blastocyst. Some do some don't. It'a actually a controversial topic.

In my case I had the option to tranfer a 3 days or a blastocyst, our FS explained all pros and cons and we decided to go for the blastocyst stage. We think that if the fertilized egg is strong enough to go to blastocyst outside the uterus, there's more chance for a successful pregnancy.

But your FS in Singapure is correct, nothing has been proven...

Girls, I'm having the transfer tomorrow, I will be back with updates!!!
:dance:

Hi Esperan

Thanks for that info. I guess it all depends on how many follies you get and what they do when they are in the lab! My husband has been speaking to his friend who is on IVF for their second, so is quite opinionated as they have been through a lot, and their FS in London is very specific on Blastocyst stage.

I need to read up more about the differences I think.

Good luck for tomorrow, holding fingers and toes for you!!

Best wishes for your transfer tomorrow Esperan! How exciting - it's another chance at your dream come true... my turn Monday! :confetti:

Hi Ladies, haven't been on BB for a while. Things have been a bit busy and I had a lovely weekend away just gone.... so I have had a bit of a catching up to do.

Jayejaye - so sorry to hear about your BFN. I hope you are doing ok and after your come back to find success and happiness. x

Theresep & Esperan - Happy belated birthday! I hope you had a fantastic day and GL with the FET.

Miss K - that's fantastic news! Sounds promising - GL

Mrs P - sorry to hear about your crappy week and cysts. I had a Lap done about 3 weeks ago to remove a cyst on one of my ovaries. There are a number of different types of cysts you can get but mine was blood filled, an endometriosis of the ovaries. My FS wanted to drain it before I started IVF. :crossfingers: yours clear up on their own.

Babytruj - if you fall pregnant you should talk to your Dr about your trip. You may only need to consider cancelling if you are going some where exotic, or doing something strenuous like skiing or hiking.

Hopes - :welcome: from me also. That's no good about the synarel.. I am not looking forward to that.

Janie - sorry I can't help you with your Q's but GL with your treatment and the thaw.

Loops - Do you know your schedule for your treatment yet? I am doing down regulation without the pill. Should start synarel next week and have an egg pick up around 29-31 July.

Juniper - hope you are doing well and hopefully joining some of us girls in July.

Emerald Star - where are you hiding.. is everything ok? Are your IVF plans still on track for July?

JBM - I hope you are feeling better and time is passing quickly. Nothing worse than waiting, wishing you lots of luck for when your time comes again.

AFM - I went to my clinic on Wed for a chat about the IVF process, dates etc. I am doing down regulation without the pill. Should start synarel next week. All going to plan I will have my egg pick up around 29-31 July.

It's getting late so sorry if I missed anyone. :goodluck: to everyone.

MITF - You are right, I will speak to the docs, We're only going to London for work and week in Turkey - where I can sit on the beach all day! Nothing strenuous about that! But I have also accepted that I may have to cancel, which means I won't be stressing whether we do IVF or wait - I know I am prepared to cancel the trip..

Good luck with the process, I may be joining you soon if I find an FS I like:)

I am so surprised...had bloods and ultrsound today...
AND
I have 20 follicles in each ovary...one as large as 15, others are 12,11 amd 10..
Go back on Monday for blood and ultrasounds!

Good luck to everybody wherever you are in your cycle!

Babytruj - thanks for your wishes. Goodluck doing a natural cycle and if that doesnt work finding a good FS - i hope everything works out for you soon :crossfingers:

Esperan - all the best tomorrow - will be thinking of you x

Mitf - Still not too sure of exact dates - find out more on the 8th - Im getting more excited now as it gets closer but still stressed about how we are going to pay for it. I think my egg pick up will be the 27th July so we will be very close.
Will be good to have someone going through the same emotions and stuff at the same time. All the best x

Kay Kay - hi. Thats sounds great - all the best.:D

Hi Girls! Thanks for all support, you've been a great group to share things with...

My transfer today was good! Actually was very uncomfortable... I couldn't wait to end cause my bladder was full and I just wanted to pee...

When we got in the clinic, we had a chat with the scientist and none of the 4 embies were a blastocyst, they were all developing, looking good, but they were just not there yet...
We ended up transferring 2 embryos!!!

Feels very good now, strange to think that we are so close to get a result! :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:
I'm going to check out the TWW thread :2ww:, but still checking your updates!!

:bluedust::pink-babydust:

XXOO

Esperan, glad to hear it went well!! GL with the 2ww! :goodluck: :stickyvibesgirl::stickyvibesboy:

Mitf, I'm doing fine thanks. At the moment I'm thinking I should give my body a break (after back to back fresh cycles) and wait for August. I'll see if I can handle that wait though... GL with your cycle. FX this is the one! :crossfingers:

Kay Kay, sounds like a lot of follies! Hope you're doing okay and not feeling too bloated.

Hello Lovely Ladies,

I am new to this thread and am soon to commence my jabs for my first IVF cycle.

Had my nurses appt today and got script for Lucrin and the rundown on how to inject myself. Will start Lucrin on Monday July 13th on 2nd last day of my NZ ski holiday (which wouldn't have been booked had we have known we would be doing IVF - oh the $$$$$!!!!). Maybe this is a good thing?!

Come back from NZ on 14th, have a blood test and all going well will start on the Puregon after this.

We went into the meeting feeling pretty positive. After TTC for the past year it seemed like a ray of hope. Then the appt where they run through all the bad possibilities! I understand they can't give false hope or unrealistic expectations to patients but what a downer.....:cry:

It also felt like a transaction/production line but as DH said, the nurse would have had to give that spiel to a whole lot of other people in the space of a day.

Met up with my Mum afterwards and when recounting everything to her, she kept saying "Don't be so negative". I told her, "I'm not! I am only telling you what they told me!".

I have done some price-shopping for Lucrin and so far prices range from $208-$280. Has anyone found it cheaper in Sydney?

I am doing acupuncture with a great practitioner and now need to work on some positive visualisations. I never used to believe in this but a few months ago I started to learn basic meditation and now try to listen to it on my iPod before bed every now and then. It's great for stress levels and for positive thinking.

Any other tips from you wise women would be most appreciated.

KayKay, we would have been there at the same time! Glad to hear everything is going great-guns.

Oh dear, i had a blood test this morning, and my progesterone levels are a bit low... what a bummer.... now have to take an extra pessary to try and raise my prog. levels. Hope it kicks in by Monday!

:bluedust::pink-babydust:

Hi Ladies,

I'm out of the TWW and back in here after FET#4 didn't work during the week. Hopefully heading for FET#5 in a fortnight :crossfingers:

Am hoping to speak with FS about tests to check there's no concerns about implantation. My biggest fear is having another four FETs before someone decides to check on that. We're very lucky though - have 10 frosties, after a total of 15 embryos at EPU back in January. Had some good results with a stim cycle and ICSI, although I had some OHSS afterwards.

Am a bit low at the moment, feeling like I'll be graduating to the LTAC threads before I ever graduate to the Pregnancy Threads. Trying to stay positive.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

Seph

Hi Persephone - I'm so sorry you're having such a tough time right now.. :hug: I hope you won't have to wait much longer.. I just wanted to ask at what day did your clinic freeze your Embies and I only ask because of your concern about implantation.. If they are frozen before day 5 I think that the percentage rate of sucess per cycle is less although the overall take home rate for a baby is the same it can just take more cycles IYKWIM... I had 14 embryos from 15 eggs and only 4 went to a day 5 blast stage although 1 made it to day 5 the lab could see that it didn't have what it takes to be a viable PG and culled it.. And this was considered by my clinic as a good result.. Day 5 and Day 3 transfers are a personal choice as I know people who believe that they are better off back in your body and others (like me) would rather see how many I have at Day 5 but know that they have what it takes to be a PG.. I don't know if that makes much sense or if that helps you... I really hope I haven't upset you either.. It only takes 1 and the next 1 could be it.. I really hope it is... I just wanted to mention it and maybe ask your FS if they see lack of results as a problem with implantation.. It's all about information isn't it.. Goodluck hun..

Good luck everyone else.. I'm thinking of you all..

Thank LilMiss,

I've been wondering the same thing myself. All our embryos are Day 3. FS has never talked about trying to get them to go to Day 5, although I'm hoping to have that conversation with him on Monday. It would certainly 'cull' any not-so-good embryos but I don't know whether they can do it now that they're all frozen - if they thaw one and it dies 36 hours later, it's too late to thaw another and we'd have to wait another month - is that right?

Thanks for your help!

Persephone, sorry to hear that your FET wasn't successful - I haven't been there yet but I understand the disappointment from TTC without AC:hug:

lilmisshavachat makes a really good point. It was explained to me in great detail only yesterday and I know that each clinic and FS will give you their own spin on what is best but my clinic is very strongly pro-blastocyst (if there's any such thing!).

I was told (please don't quote - just reiterating info from FS and clinic) that a decent amount of embryos can survive to day 2-3. If it gets to day 5 and becomes a blastocyst, there is a much higher chance that it is chromosomally OK and can progress to through to a healthy pregnancy.

The most important thing is that you have a voice and get answers to your questions. Make sure you are heard. If there is one thing I have learnt from this TTC journey so far, it's that there is no such thing as a stupid question - they've heard them all before.

Hi again ladies - sorry you are back in here persephone, you are in our thoughts - just wanted to share my 1st ivf experience - i had 9 eggs, 4 mature, these 4 all fertilised, but only 2 kept growing. These 2 both went to 5 day blasto stage - 1 was transferred, and the other frozen - i didn't ask my FS much as to why he likes them to grow to blasto. The scientist was really pleased with the quality, so i was gutted when it failed to implant.... which leads me to your next point re. implantation tests - i talked to my FS and pretty much told him (he didn't think it necessary at this point) that i wanted some tests done, as it is no point having several failed transfers and then test and find an issue. Well, at least i have some peace of mind, as there was nothing found. Yes, it ended up costing about $150 after medicare refunds, but i wanted to know one way or another. I think it best to eliminate possibilities if you can. Hope that may help in some way.

I have another q's to put out - do most women, having either a full egg collection cycle or a frozen egg transfer cycle use progesterone pessaries? My FS did not have me use progesterone pessaries for my 1st cycle, but this time he has - would it be because this time i'm doing FET as opposed to an egg collection etc??

Warm wishes to all - kaykay GL for monday - wow 20 in each ovary!!

:goodluck:

Hi Teresep,

Thanks for sharing - it's good to hear others stories so I can be more informed.

I was on luteal support after my stim cycle, but haven't had any pessaries for my FETs. Apparently not having the pessaries can be unusual. My progesterone has been checked out and is all good though. I think sometimes FS puts you on prog support just in case.

Does this mean you're in the TWW? When do you test? All the best - :crossfingers:

Hi persephone - not in the tww yet..... transfer due monday :crossfingers: i had better now get to bed! Goodnight:asleep:

theresp, I have always had progesterone supplements on my fresh IVF and FET cycles. I personally would have very serious concerns about doing a fresh cycle without them. In the past my LP has been significantly decreased by the stims and would be insufficient to allow a pg without the progesterone. We even increased my progesterone to 3 crinone per day for my most recent cycle since 2/day didn't seem to be enough. On the other hand, the FET I did was a natural FET, so they were probably unneccessary for that cycle but my FS prescribed them anyway since they can't hurt.

Theresp - I'm having my 1st FET this morning and I had a BT on Friday to check my Progesterone level and the nurses called and said all good don't need the Crinone. Because my emby is being put back in at the stage it would be at in my natural cycle I would hope that my Prog would be high enough naturally but with a stim cycle or perhaps a managed FET (I think some FS' control your hormones still) your body isn't in the right place so they need to top you up... I think it all depends what protocol your FS had you on for your stim compared to this.. There are so many different ways to manage a cycle that it's hard to compare sometimes.. Good luck Monday with your FET.. We are only a couple of days apart..