The Facts….
| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED | |
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| 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 |
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| Monday 8 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Tuesday 9 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Wednesday 10 August 2016 | 7am 1 Femera tablet 7pm 1 Femera tablet 9pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| 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 |
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| 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) and 1 follicle on right (13mm) Estradiol – 158 pg/ml LH 0.6 mlU/ml FSH 11.1 mlU/ml 7:00pm (UK time) 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Saturday 13 August 2016 | 6am 0.25 Cetrotide x2 7pm (UK time) 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Sunday 14 August | 6am (UK time) Cetrotide x2 10:30am visit to Dr. Collection scan – 3 follicles on left ovary (each18-20mm) 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 8:00pm (UK time) TRIGGER Gonapeptyl 0.1 x2 |
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| Monday 15 August | No injections 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
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| Tuesday 16 August 2016 | 7:15am arrive at clinic 8am egg collection RESULT – 2 eggs collected 5pm – called embryologist 2 eggs mature and frozen |
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| 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 |
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| Saturday 20 August | 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
The Emotions….
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