The Facts….
| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED | |
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| 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 follicles on right Stimulation starts 11am – 1 Femera tablet |
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| Monday 25 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Tuesday 26 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Wednesday 27 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| 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 |
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| Friday 29 April 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet and 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Saturday 30 April 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| 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 |
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| Monday 2 May 2016 | 2am fly to UK 7am – land in UK 7am 0.25 Cetrotide x2 150 IU Gonal F |
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| 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 |
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| Wednesday 4 May 2016 | No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
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| 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 & could be frozen |
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| Friday 6 May 2016 | 9:30am appointment with new clinic (London) Fly back to the UAE (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