? - i should know this but as i said my head is all over the place
what is integrin 3 biopsy? is it different from endometrial biopsy?
thanks

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Re: patchen
They have to do an endometrial biopsy to test for the integrin-3 protein. Some Drs believe that if you're missing the protein, it can impede implantation. The biopsy has to be done at a certain point in your cycle. If you're found to miss it, CCRM will give you Lupron Depot injections for a few months to bring it back somehow, and then you'd do a cycle.
My RE at Cornell doesn't buy into it. Some place do, some don't.
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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.
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