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Egg Freezing Round 4

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The facts
DATEWHAT HAPPENED
Monday 28 March 2016Day 1 of period
Tuesday 29 March 2016Visit Dr. Greg AMH test redone – 0.26 ng/ml Initial scan – cyst and 2 follicles on right ovary and 1 follicle on left Estradiol – 36.79 pg/ml LH – 8.92 mlU/ml FSH – 14.5 mlU/ml Prolactin – 8.5 ng/ml Progesterone – 2.64 ng/ml Bloods done to check cyst wasn't active so stimulation could start Stimulation starts – 9pm – 1 Femera tablet
Wednesday 30 March 20167am 1 Femera tablet 9pm 1 Femera tablet and 150 IU Gonal F
Thursday 31 March 20167am 1 Femera tablet 9pm 1 Femera tablet and 150 IU Gonal F
Friday 1 April 20167am 1 Femera tablet 9pm 1 Femera tablet and 150 IU Gonal F
Saturday 2 April 20167am 1 Femera tablet 9pm 1 Femera tablet and 150 IU Gonal F
Sunday 3 April 20167am 1 Femera tablet Visit Dr. Collection Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 10mm & 11mm; right ovary cyst & 1 follicle: 9mm Estradiol – 57.44 pg/ml 4pm 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F
Monday 4 April 20167am 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F
Tuesday 5 April 20167am 0.25 Cetrotide Visit Dr. Greg Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 13mm & 13mm; right ovary cyst & 2 follicles: 9mm & 11mm Estradiol – 165.3 pg/ml LH – 2.76 mlU/ml FSH – 14.7 mlU/ml 9pm 150 IU Gonal F 12 midnight go to airport
Wednesday 6 April 20162am – fly to UK 7am – land in UK 7am UK time 0.25 Cetrotide 10:30am visit Dr. Collection Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 15mm & 14mm; right ovary cyst & 2 follicles: 10mm & 11mm Estradiol – 419 pg/ml LH – 1.8 mlU/ml FSH – 9.4 mlU/ml 7pm UK time 75 IU Gonal F and 75 IU Menopur
Thursday 7 April 20167am UK time 0.25 Cetrotide 7pm UK time 75 IU Gonal F and 75 IU Menopur
Friday 8 April 20167am UK time 0.25 Cetrotide 11am visit Dr. Collection for scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 17mm & 17mm; 2 follicles on right ovary still small 1pm UK time 0.25 Cetrotide Estradiol – 755 pg/ml LH – 7 mlU/ml 11.5 mlU/ml 7pm UK time 150 UL Gonal F 9:45pm UK time 10,000 units of Pregnyl
Saturday 9 April 2016No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection
Sunday 10 April 20168:30am arrive at clinic 9am egg collection RESULT – Two eggs collected 3pm – call from embryologist to confirm both eggs were mature and could be frozen Fly back to the UAE in the evening

Note: I didn’t have blood tests done at every scan. The scan results usually determined when and what I needed to have my blood tested for. Keeping the blood tests to a minimum helped keep costs down a little.

RESULT – Collected two eggs and both were frozen