The Facts….
| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED | |
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| Monday 11 July 2016 | Day 1 of period | |
| Tuesday 12 July 2016 | 9am visit Dr. Greg scan – 4 follicles on left none on right to be seen Stimulation starts 11am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Wednesday 13 July 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Thursday 14 July 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Friday 15 July 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Saturday 16 July 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet & 0.25 Cetrotide 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 150 IU Gonal F |
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| Sunday 17 July 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 9am visit Dr. Gregg scan – 2 follicles on right ovary (8mm & 6mm) 1 follicle on left (13mm) Estradiol – 38.98 pg/ml LH 3.53 mlU/ml FSH 21.96 mlU/ml Progesterone 2.21 ng/ml 9pm 150 Menopur |
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| Monday 18 July 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 9pm 150 IU Menopur |
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| Tuesday 19 July 2016 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide visit Dr. Greg scan – 2 follicles on right very (9mm & 9mm) 1 follicle on left ovary (15mm) Estradiol – 104.9 pg/ml LH 2.75 mlU/ml Progesterone 4.02 ng/ml 9pm 150 IU Gonal F 12 midnight go to airport |
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| Wednesday 20 July 2016 | 2am (UAE time) fly to UK 5am (UK time) 0.25 Cetrotide x2 7am (UK time) arrive in UK 11am visit Dr. Collection scan – 1 x follicle on left ovary (16mm) 2 x follicles on right (9mm & 10 mm) Estradiol – 184 pg/ml LH 1.4 mlU/ml FSH 12.1 mlU/ml 9pm 150 IU Menopur |
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| Thursday 21 July 2016 | 5am (UK time) 0.25 Cetrotide x2 10am visit to Dr. Collection scan – 1 x follicle on left ovary (20mm) 2 x follicles on right (10mm & 13 mm) Estradiol – 259 pg/ml LH 1.8 mlU/ml FSH 11.4 mlU/ml 6pm (UK time) 150 Menopur 9:30pm (UK time) 500mcg ovitrelle |
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| Friday 22 July 2016 | No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
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| Saturday 23 July 2016 | 8:00am arrive at clinic 9am egg collection RESULT – two eggs collected 3pm – call from embryologist to confirm one egg was mature and could be frozen. |
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| Sunday 24 July 2016 | 3pm Fly back to UAE |
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, one was mature and could be frozen