Egg Freezing Round 9
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| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED |
|---|---|
| Friday 19 August 2016 | Visited Dr. Collection for scan Start stimulation 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 |
| Sunday 21 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Monday 22 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Tuesday 23 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Wednesday 24 August 2016 | 9:30am scan with Dr. Greg 1 follicle on right: 10mm 1 follicle on left: 8mm Estradiol – 151 pg/ml, benchmark reading 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Thursday 25 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Friday 26 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Saturday 27 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Sunday 28 August 2016 | 1:30pm scan with Dr. Greg 1 follicle on right ovary: 16mm 1 follicle on left ovary: 13mm Estradiol – 211 pg/ml 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Monday 29 August 2016 | 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F |
| Tuesday 30 August 2016 | 1:30pm scan with Dr. Greg 1 follicle on right ovary: 21mm 1 follicle on left ovary: 17mm Estradiol – 369 pg/ml 9pm UAE time 225 IU Gonal F 12:15am UAE time 250 mcg Ovitrelle, trigger shot |
| Wednesday 31 August 2016 | 9am UAE time fly to UK |
| Thursday 1 September 2016 | 9am UK time egg collection RESULT – 1 egg collected 5pm – called embryologist: 1 egg mature and frozen but not great quality |
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 – 1 egg of low quality collected and frozen
I went straight from Round 8 to Round 9 hoping that the dual ovarian stimulation would work and that it would be my last round to reach my goal of 10 eggs frozen. That is what I have been aiming for and what I want to get to before I can say I have done all I can. Sadly it seems again that with that hope comes the additional blow and a little bit more of me is knocked down. I know each time there is bad news or disappointment, particularly after hopes are high a little bit more of me breaks. I guess this really is the time that our true strength is tested. For details of the ups and downs of this round check out my blog posts.
I’m Not Alone – 26 August – Day 8 of stimulation
Here we go again – 31 August – Day 13 of stimulation