Help Please: Explain your FET process

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick

Good afternoon ladies,

Everyday it's looking more and more like we are not going to be able to conceive #2 on our own and will have to go back for a FET. Can you please explain your process to me?

TIA

ccam

I just went to my RE appointment for our upcoming FET, which will probably be in October / November.  Here is what I remember about the process, but all of my information is at home, so this is off the top of my head.

For pre-FET testing, I need to have bloodwork done, a saline sonogram and a trial transfer.

On day 21 of the cycle prior to the month of our FET, I will have b/w to make sure I ovulated and then start Lupron.  So if we go for October, for example, I will start Lupron on day 21 of my September AF. 

Then I will have a "Lupron period", which is what the nurse kept calling it.  On day 2, I go for a baseline u/s and b/w and then start estrogen patches, to build up my lining.  Continue with Lupron.

Bloodwork every 2 to 3 days.  About 8-10 days after starting estrogen, I will go in for an u/s to check lining.  And from there, start the progesterone and schedule transfer. 

So from start to pregnancy test, it looks to be about 6 weeks.

Anyone, please correct me if I'm wrong.  Like I said, I'm going off the top of my head.

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick

Thank you both for sharing.

CarrieB.

My RE only required STD testing and the saline sonogram. Then I started BCPs. After i had my period following my BCP cycle, had a day 3 ultrasound and a day 15 ultrasound to check my ovaries and my lining. For meds, I just took estradiol and PIO. It was a fairly easy process compared to a fresh cycle. I had one frozen 5 day blast which the thawed the morning of transfer.

Good luck! I think I didn't do Lupron bc I'm DOR and I have less to suppress.

Dragonfly1226

First attempt - BCP, Lupron, Estradiol taken orally, cancelled before transfer

Second attempt - Estradiol only, cancelled before transfer

Third attempt - natural FET with no medication until PIO right before transfer until 10.5 wks pregnant, transferred two day three embies and both stuck

GL!

Mr. & Mrs. Woodtick

Thank you all for sharing. I will be going back to the RE on Friday to talk about where we are going to go from here.

DrRx

I had a saline soon and the Pre-testing stuff (stds,etc). Then started bcps, started lupron day 21, had my period, went for bw and u/s on day 3 a d started estradiol shots twice a week. I went back for a second bw and us about 10 dys later to check my lining and then startedPIO 5 days and then had the transfer. It was 7 weeks for one since the one in March my lining didn't thicken as much as I needed it to and te second one was about 6 weeks. GL!