Egg Freezing Round 5
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| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED |
|---|---|
| Friday 22 April 2016 | Day 1 of period |
| Saturday 23 April 2016 | Day 2 of period |
| Sunday 24 April 2016 | Visit Dr. Greg Initial scan – 2 follicles on left, 1 follicle on right Stimulation starts 11am – 1 Femera tablet |
| Monday 25 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Tuesday 26 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Wednesday 27 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Thursday 28 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet Visit Dr. Gregg Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 12mm & 9mm; 1 follicle on right: 10mm Estradiol – 57.44 pg/ml 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Friday 29 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet and 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Saturday 30 April 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
| Sunday 1 May 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 9am visit Dr. Greg Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 16mm & 14mm; right ovary cyst & 1 follicle: 15mm Estradiol – 287 pg/ml LH – 5.67 mlU/ml FSH – 13.52 mlU/ml Progesterone – 1.05 ng/ml 9pm 150 IU Gonal F 12 midnight go to airport |
| Monday 2 May 2016 | 2am fly to UK 7am land in UK 7am 0.25 Cetrotide x2 150 IU Gonal F |
| Tuesday 3 May 2016 | 7am UK time 0.25 Cetrotide x2 11am visit Dr. Collection Scan – 2 follicles on left ovary: 20mm & 16mm; right ovary 1 follicle: 17mm Estradiol – 733 pg/ml LH – 5.2 mlU/ml FSH – 12.3 mlU/ml 6pm UK time 150 IU Gonal F 9:30pm UK time 500mcg Ovitrelle |
| Wednesday 4 May 2016 | No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
| Thursday 5 May 2016 | 8:30am arrive at clinic 9am egg collection RESULT – Three eggs collected 3pm – call from embryologist to confirm all three eggs were mature and could be frozen |
| Friday 6 May 2016 | 9:30am appointment with new clinic in London Fly back to the UAE at 3pm |
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 three eggs and all three were mature and frozen