what was your dosage?

[mummy2chloe]

ooooohhhhhh ok thanks so much for that bw

so i will see if i can do what you done with your cycle, start big and slow it down once we get a response.

at least then we know we are getting something rather then nothing like what just happend.

so does this type of cycle have a name or do i just explain it to him?? lol

[tippytoes]

M2C - My last one in Jan I was on 150iu of puregon for 9 days and then the trigger. I had 12 follies and 12 eggs with 10 fertilising. We lost many the next day ended up with 3 great ones...

This cycle I am on the same dosage hoping for similar egg numbers. Hopefully we won't loose as many this time - DH has been on Menevit it will be interesting to look at numbers (as our issue is swimmers!)

Goodluck with your next cycle hun..
Rach xxx

[mummy2chloe]

thanks for that rach81

wow look at you not long to go now till epu
you responded well to 150iu last time, i bet you will do great this time round aswell
i wish you loads of luck and will be lurking around to see how it all goes for you hun

[butterfly_warrior]

I believe it is referred to as a step down cycle. However, it didn't turn out too good for me - the one where we did it the traditional way, I landed in hospital for a week after EPU and was off work for a month...

The one cycle where we avoided OHSS was the one where we started at 200IU and dropped slower, keeping a VERY careful eye on things - daily blood tests from day 5, which got VERY draining. But what I think the key difference was - following an extremely strict low-carb, low-GI diet for the duration of the cycle, from about a week or so before we even started down reging. I had one blip in my E2 levels towards the end of the stim phase, and it matched exactly with the day I thought "stuff it!" and had a burger and chips for lunch. Considering I was on daily blood tests at that point in time, it was pretty obvious.

BW

[mummy2chloe]

Thanks sooooooo much for all of this BW
you are such a great help not only to me but to everyone on here
you are a kind person with a caring soul
thanks hun xxx

[mummy2chloe]

Sorry just a quick question i know this is off the topic of this thread but feel more comfortable asking it in here then in the tww thread.

I had my trigger shot tuesday morning ( 5000iu pregnyl) just wondering when do you think i will ovulate?? would it be yesterday, today, tomorrow?? just that i have NO signs at all of O coming?? i have super sore nipples today but other then that nothing?? how do i know if i am going to ovulate?? i am not sore and i dont have ewcm?? would i still get all of my usual signs that O is coming even though i have had pregnyl??

this was my problem with all of my iui's i had no signs of o'ing with pregnyl but yet clomid on its on every now and then i would get ewcm so i knew something was happening.

so what do i do?? do i just trust and hope that the pregnyl ( which is the biggest dose i have had, usually 1500iu) is doing or has done its job and i have o'ed or do i just keep checking and see if i get any signs?? and if i dont O what happends to the 2 follies where do they go?? lol do they sit there or do they disappear or do they turn into cysts?? probably silly question sorry but had to ask

[butterfly_warrior]

They time egg collections for IVF at 36-38 hours - just before ovulation happens by itself. So it will definitely be more than 36 hours after the trigger, and I think from a bit of similar research conducted with BG a while ago, no more than 40 hours after trigger.

I'm not sure what happens to follies if you don't ovulate - I guess they could become cysts, or they could just get reabsorbed.

And M2C - it's no problem at all! I'm a teacher at heart (and by profession!) and I just love educating people about this stuff... just be thankful I'm taking a little break from the maths at the moment!

BW

[Janie71]

I was on 100iu for 10 days. 20 follicles were seen on my last scan, 12 eggs were collected, 8 fertilised, 1 transferred and 7 frozen at 3 day x 4 cells. Ended with a BFN. Did a FET next, lost one in the thaw, defrosted another one that divided to 6 cells by transfer and got our BFP!

I have PCOS also, so my FS always errs on the side of caution with lower doses with me and then lifts them if need be. I went through 6 months of OI on Puregon prior to IVF, so FS had a pretty good idea of how I reacted to the drugs, although with PCOS, your ovaries have a mind of their own!

All the best of luck.

Janie xxx