Wow it's busy over here!! Welcome to all the new people, hope your get out of here really quick IYKWIM

Mindhugs - I haven't heard of cetrotide before, GL with it. I've had puregon and actually find it easier to use than gonal. When I was really little I went to Sea World and told people for years that when I grew up I was going to become a dolphin trainer.

Dinnie - Welcome. Are you taking syneral because you are on the Down Reg cycle? I used syneral on my down reg cycle and I can't remember precisely but it was something like 3 weeks. There was a week overlap with BCP, although that is approximate. The only side effect I had was very mild headaches, not to the point I needed to take anything for it. If you do get a headache take panadol or panadeine, the nurse told me to steer away from asprin or nurofen due to potential implantation issues.
I also had a glitch between my FS and the nurses with the administration side of things. When I saw my FS she told me I was going to do down reg, but later on when I saw the nurse she said my FS had put antagonist on the system. This meant some delay in coordinating dates in my cycle. I didn't really see what the big deal was so I started the syneral according to the chart given to me which mapped out the down reg cycle. When I rang and told the nurse I had started she was a bit annoyed because she said the nurses need to coordinate the cycle. Anyhow it took a few weeks for the paperwork to catch up but I just liaised with my nurses and FS as I didn't want to hold myself up because the down reg is a long cycle. You probably do need to speak to the nurse, but I didn't let it hold me up. Does your nursing team have a timeframe on when they need to return calls back by. My clinic is usually 3.30pm if a message is left before then.

Trueblue - glad to hear that you are starting a new cycle. bummer about the cold/flu, there is so much of that going around at the moment.

WMM - you dream sounded amazing and made me laugh. No, I didn't have sleep issues on syneral, only very mild headache. The only sleep issue I had was at the later point of the gonal I would wake feeling ovary pain.

Sarah - I'm new to this myself so I probably don't have the best advice here. I did have a lot of testing up front as I pretty much demanded it. I do know that a lap can show more than a HSG. My lap showed mild endo which wasn't picked up on a HSG. The extra testing comes at a price, so I guess when you want to push for these things will be a decision for you to make.

DIR -great news about the job and the pre-arranged leave. HOpefully it's all up from here in all areas of your life.