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PIO - Which Needles?

patchen30patchen30 member
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I can't remember which needles to use for PIO..I'm thinking you draw it up w/ an 18 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle into a 3mL syringe, switch to a 22 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle, then inject. Is this right?

TTC in 2008. Stage II/III endo, Hashimotos hypothyroid, low morph (3%).
2 cycles Clomid/Ovidrel/TI/Crinone=BFN.
IUI #1 - 4 Follistim/Ovidrel/IUI/Crinone = BFN.
IVF #1 - Antagonist w/ ICSI 4/10. 17 retrieved, 5DT of 2, BFN :(
IVF #2 - Long Lupron w/ ICSI 6/10. 15 retrieved, 3DT of 2, BFFN!!
Lap 7/21/10
IVF #3 - Clomid/Antagonist w/ ICSI 10/10. 14 retreived, 3DT of 3, BFP 10/20 but m/c. No HB 11/15/10 - D&C 11/17/10.
FET - 2 blasts, 1 survived the thaw. Transfer 2/19. Beta #1 3/1 375, Beta #2 3/3 885, Beta #3 3/8 4261, Beta #4 3/11 9005. U/S 3/8 1 sac 1 yolk, U/S 3/16 1 heartbeat 114bpm!

 

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Re: PIO - Which Needles?

  • MrsAMRMrsAMR
    That sounds like what I did.  Draw up with the bigger needle, switch to the smaller one for the injection.  The bigger the gauge, the smaller the needle.
    DX: Him: Super sperm Me: Diminished pituitary function due to tumor removed April 2008, MTHFR Hetero C677T & A1298C
    IVF #1-4=BFN IVF #5=BFP! U/S on 5/3 revealed TWINS!

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  • ValentineGValentineG
    We just did ours and I read you can do 22 1/2 - 25 1/2.  The 22's are smaller but you have to inject slower.
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  • vanessagorcvanessagorc member

    imagepatchen30:
    I can't remember which needles to use for PIO..I'm thinking you draw it up w/ an 18 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle into a 3mL syringe, switch to a 22 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle, then inject. Is this right?

    These are my exact instructions.

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  • STL34STL34 member

    imagepatchen30:
    I can't remember which needles to use for PIO..I'm thinking you draw it up w/ an 18 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle into a 3mL syringe, switch to a 22 gauge 1 1/2 inch needle, then inject. Is this right?

    That is what I was told to do and did for my cycle.

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    Me= 37 and DH = 41 

    Dx: DOR, Endo, APA+ (really high beta 2 glycoprotein antibody and high everything else tested), heterozygous MTHFR mutation, positive for lupus anticoagulant, high FSH, low AMH and both tubes blocked (per HSG on 3/8/11)

    IVF #1 - long lupron (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 4 retrieved, 3 fertilized; ET 2 blasts and 1 frozen = BFN

    IVF #2 - a version of antagonist with EPP (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 2 blasts and 1 frozen blast transferred on day 5 = BFN.

    IVF #3 April was postponed to May, May was canceled. June/July was canceled. Had a cyst aspiration and then began IVF #3 in August. ER on 8/22; ET on 8/24 with AH. +HPT on 9/5. Beta #1 (11dpo) = 3; Beta #2 (15dpo) = 29; Beta #3 (17dpo) = 60; Beta #4 (19 dpo) = 118. Heartbeat at 6 weeks 6 days =132.  Lil is here!

    TTC#2:  Trigger + TI = BFN; Clomid + Trigger + IUI = BFN.

    IVF #4:  BCP + MDLF + Lovenox = 7R, 1F = Transferred 1 6-cell embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #5:  MDLF + Lovenox = 4R, 1F = Transferred 1 10-cell compacting embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #6:  (New RE):  Long Antagonist November 2014 (transferred two 8 cell grade 1 embryos and froze one blast) = BFN

    FET#1:  BFN

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  • OrangeSmokeOrangeSmoke member
    Those are the instructions, but by the 4th round, we got so lazy we just used the 22 gauge to draw and inject.
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