Thursday, April 11, 2013

Our IVF journey


1st Protocol:
I was on estradiol and progesterone to heal from my surgery. Then developed a cyst on my ovary. So that protocol was cancelled.

2nd Protocol:
Instructed to take birth control pills to quiet my ovaries down. Well, my body did what it wanted and I still got my period despite taking the pills for 2 weeks. I developed another cyst that was 25-30mm large. Progesterone tests after reveled i did not ovulate, my Estrogen level was 660. So this protocol was cancelled.

3rd Protocol: Antagonist
For fear that birth control pills would not work to suppress me. I was instructed to take Ganirelix injections for 6 days before starting my stim medication. This worked to suppress me alright. When I went in for my CD3 ultrasound my afc (antral follicular count) was only 9! That sounded pretty low for me. It's usually around 14-15 each cycle. My fear was they over-suppressed me. We forged ahead and I was given a high dose of follistim and menopur.

Follistim: 375 iu
Menopur: 150 iu
Ganirelix: 1 dose x 3 days

I stimmed for 8 days and ended up with only 2-3 decent follicles the rest were too small to catch up.

All measured follicles on Day 9:

Left ovary: 21.5, 11, 15.5, 6, 6, 14
Right ovary: 25, 6

This cycle was converted to IUI to not 'waste' our IVF with insurance. We only get 4 tries! And this isn't looking to good.  I took the trigger shot the morning after my last appointment and had the IUI about 26 hours later. Hubbies counts were great! With a final washed count of 52 mil per 0.5ml
inserted. Fingers crossed.

4th protocol: Antagonist
Instructed to take birth control pills and estrogen to quiet my ovaries down, again. 
Follistim: 450 iu
Menopur: 150 iu
HGH: dose I can't remember

Made it to retrieval but the numbers of mature follicles were small. 
Ended of retrieving 2. 
Day 2 none fertilized 

5th protocol: Micro dose flare - cycle cancelled
HGH
Instructed to only take bcps.  Ended up starting and ovulating on the pills. 

6th protocol: Moved onto Donor Eggs
Bcp's
20 units lupron
Vivelle dot patches
Baby aspirin 81mg 
PIO
Instructed to take bcps for 2 weeks before then start lupron injections daily each night. Donor starts her meds Jan 25. 




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