The Facts…..
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| Tuesday 24 January 2017 | Day 21 of marvalon (birth control pill) 4IU Saizen |
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| Wednesday 25 January 2017 | 4IU Saizen | |
| Thursday 26 January 2017 | 4IU Saizen | |
| Friday 27 January 2017 | Day 1 of period 4IU Saizen |
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| Saturday 28 January 2017 | Day 2 of period 4IU Saizen |
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| Sunday 29 January 2017 | Day 3 of period visit Dr Gregg for scan 3 follicles on right 2 follicles on left start stimulation 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Monday 30 January 2017 | 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Tuesday 31 January 2017 | 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Wednesday 1 February 2017 | 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 225 IU Gonal F |
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| Thursday 2 February 2017 | visit Dr Gregg for scan & bloods 2 follicles on right 11mm & 7mm 1 follicle on left 10mm Estradiol – 128.20 pg/ml LH 9.49 mlU/ml Progesterone 2.13 ng/ml 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Friday 3 February 2017 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Saturday 4 February 2017 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Sunday 5 February 2017 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide visit Dr Gregg for scan & bloods 2 follicles on right 15mm & 10mm 1 follicle on left 15mm Estradiol – 244 pg/ml LH 2.11 mlU/ml Progesterone 2.07 ng/ml 1pm 0.25 Cetrotide 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Monday 6 February 2017 | 7am 2 x 0.25 Cetrotide 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Tuesday 7 February 2017 | 7am 0.25 Cetrotide visit Dr Gregg for scan & bloods 2 follicles on right 16mm & 11mm 1 follicle on left 17mm Estradiol – 491.60 pg/ml LH 3.291 mlU/ml Progesterone 1.03 ng/ml 1pm 0.25 Cetrotide 4IU Saizen 9:00pm 300 IU Gonal F |
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| Wednesday 8 February | 7am 2 x 0.25 Cetrotide 7:00pm 75 IU Gonal F 8:15pm (UK time) 2 x Gonapeptyl & 1 x 500IU Pregnyl (trigger shot) |
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| Thursday 9 February | 2:20am fly to UK (no shots) 10pm – no food or drinks until collection |
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| Friday 10 February | 7:30am (UK time) visit Dr. Collection's stand in scan – follicles still there RESULT – 3 eggs collected |
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 – 3 eggs collected and frozen
The Emotions…
This round has been extra long with the introduction of the growth hormones daily from three days before my period and I don’t know how much impact they have had on the success of this round and I will never know but I’m glad I tried it because it has enabled me to get another 3 eggs.
With 15 eggs in the bank and the hope that I can get that number to 20 before I finish this journey it feels now that i am nearing the end and that is such a great thought!
For the ups and downs of this round check out my blog posts.
Injection Expert! – 9 February,2017 – Day 12 of stimulation