Egg Freezing Round 8
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| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED |
|---|---|
| Friday 5 August 2016 | Day 1 of period |
| Saturday 6 August 2016 | Day 2 of period |
| Sunday 7 August 2016 | 9:30am visit Dr. Greg Scan – 3 good follicles on left, one small one on right Stimulation starts 11am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
| Monday 8 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
| Tuesday 9 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
| Wednesday 10 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
| Thursday 11 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 1pm scan with Dr. Gregg 3 follicles on left, 14mm; 1 follicle on right, 10mm Estradiol – 213 pg/ml LH – 2.9 mlU/ml Progesterone – 2.4 ng/ml 2pm 0.25 Cetrotide x2 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 200 IU Gonal F 12 midnight go to airport |
| Friday 12 August 2016 | 2am UAE time fly to UK 5am UK time 0.25 Cetrotide x2 10:40am visit to Dr. Collection Scan – 3 follicles on left ovary, 16mm each; 1 follicle on right, 13mm Estradiol – 158 pg/ml LH – 0.6 mlU/ml FSH – 11.1 mlU/ml 7pm UK time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Saturday 13 August 2016 | 6am 0.25 Cetrotide x2 7pm UK time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Sunday 14 August 2016 | 6am UK time Cetrotide x2 10:30am visit to Dr. Collection Scan – 3 follicles on left ovary, each 18–20mm; 1 follicle on right, 16mm Estradiol – 676 pg/ml LH – 1.6 mlU/ml FSH – 12.2 mlU/ml 6pm UK time 150 IU Gonal F and 75 IU Menopur 8pm UK time trigger: Gonapeptyl 0.1 x2 |
| Monday 15 August 2016 | No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
| Tuesday 16 August 2016 | 7:15am arrive at clinic 8am egg collection RESULT – 2 eggs collected 5pm – called embryologist: 2 eggs mature and frozen |
| Wednesday 17 August 2016 | Rest |
| Thursday 18 August 2016 | Rest |
| Friday 19 August 2016 | 11:40am visit to Dr. Collection Scan – looks good to start Round 9 7:30pm UK time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Saturday 20 August 2016 | 3pm fly back to UAE 7:30pm UK time 225 IU Gonal F |
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 – 2 eggs collected and frozen
For details of the ups and downs of this round check out my latest blog posts.
Dual Ovarian Stimulation – 7 August – Start of Stimulation
Off to the UK – 11 August – Day 5 of stimulation
Great Eggspectations – 16 August – Egg Collection