The Facts….
| DATE | WHAT HAPPENED | |
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| Friday 19 August 2016 | visited Dr Collection for scan start stimulation 7:30pm (UK time) 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Saturday 20 August 2016 | 3pm fly back to UAE 7:30pm (UK time) 225 IU Gonal F |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| 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 eggs 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
The Emotions…..
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