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Lurking from TTCAL - question about Gonal F!

Aera11Aera11 member
in Pregnant after IF
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Hi ladies!  

I am lurking from TTCAL board and met with my RE this morning to discuss the next steps since I am done with Clomid.  I most likely will be moving on to Gonal F injections + HCG trigger + TI -- if that doesn't work after a few rounds, same thing but IUI instead of TI.  Have any of you done this and had success with it?  I am really excited but nervous to take these next steps and I need reassurance from anyone who has had success   It was just a lot of info to take in and I think if I can hear the good/positive, I will totally be ok!  Also, is anyone pregnant with multiples?  The nurse stressed how that it is more likely to potentially have multiples.  Thank you!!
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Re: Lurking from TTCAL - question about Gonal F!

  • dragonfaeriedragonfaerie member
    I'm glad your doctor is next steps ready for you! Gonal F/Menopur seems to do pretty well for many folks, so I wish you the best! A few girls here are pregnant with multiples. The risk is slightly higher with IUI because there may be several follicles ready to go. I don't know what the rates are of multiples for IUI compared to the general population though.

    ---Trigger warning---

    Me: 31 DH: 27
    TTC since April 2013
    Two cancelled IUIs in Aug and Sept '15 due to low motility/count
    IVF round 1: January 2016
    ER: February 17, 2016; 9 retrieved, 7 mature, 7 fertilized
    Day 5 Blastocysts: 5 BB, 1 AB, all normal from PGS
    FET date: May 11, '16; transferred 1 AB embryo
    First beta: May 23, '16: 998!!  Second: May 25, '16: 1648
    EDD: January 27, 2017
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  • tvh1982tvh1982 member
    Hi @aera11!
    I've only been using gonal-F and IUI two times before changing to IVF with Gonal-F (did a total of 5 IUI)
    Due to using donor sperm my timing had to be spot on and I was exhausted of not knowing if I managed to get ovulation of 36hrs and survival of sperm of 24hrs matching, so swopped to IVF.
    My doctors never had concerns about multiples as they don't do IUI if I would have to many mature eggs. They are very strict on that in Scandinavia.

    My bestfriends wife who also has PCOS like me did Gonal-F without TI and got pregnant after second try. She's one month behind me. 
    Here in Norway Gonal-F is the 'to-go-to' drug.

    GL on your journey. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you!

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  • Aera11Aera11 member
    Thank you @dragonfaerie & @tvh1982 .  I saw my RE and am moving forward with Gonal F & Ovidrel, FX!!
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  • babymama619babymama619 member
    I did clomid + trigger + IUI, then gonal f + trigger + IUI, finally, the magic combo for me was clomid + gonal f ( lower dose than first time) + trigger + IUI. 

    Good luck!

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  • yelllow22yelllow22 member
    @Aera11 I did only IUI's and then IVF with Gonal F and Menopur so no experience there, but I just wanted to wish you the best !
    37 y.o 
    TTC since October 2014
    DX: Unexplained fertility 
    3 Failed IUI's 2015
    1st IVF cycle March 2016 , planned ICSI, PGS, FET
    ER 3/31/16 30 retrieved, 26 fertilized normally
    Sent 8 embryos for PGS: 5 normal (3 AA, 1BA, 1BC)
    FET 5/11/16 (1 embryo)
    Beta 5/23/16 BFN  :(
    2nd FET 6/12/16 (1 5AA embryo)
    ++++TW++++
    Beta 6/22/16 : BFP!!!  169 
    Beta #2 6/24/16: 412
    DD born 3/2/17
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