At what point did they add your ganirelix (or other antagonist med)? How large were your follies?
The reason I am asking is that today I had my monitoring appt (day 7 of stims) and I only have one follie measuring over 11 - it's 14mm. The rest are still under 11 - a couple are 10's and there are a couple 8's or 9's. I know they don't want one to get far ahead of the others though, but they also want the others to continue to grow.
They will be calling sometime in the next hour or two with my E2 level and instructions, but I was just curious as to anyone's experience. TIA!!
Re: ? for anyone who has done antagonist protocol
TTC since November 2008; me - poor egg quality,hypothyroidism,missing beta 3 integrin;
DH - some MFI;
1 month clomid plus timing - BFN;
3 months clomid + IUI - BFN BFN BFN
IVF #1 Nov/Dec 2009 - BFP - c/p;
IVF #2.1 Jan 2011 - Converted to IUI - BFN;
IVF #2.2 March/April 2011 - ER 3/23/11: 12 retrieved, 8 mature, 3 fert-ET 3dt 3/26/11: 3 embies - BFN;
IVF #3 May 2011 - ER 5/19/11: 20 retrieved, 10 mature, 9 fert-ET 5dt 5/24/11 3 embies - BFN;
Switched RE's for IVF #4 (CCRM) Oct 2011 - Surprise BFP before starting IVF #4!
Thanks for your reply. My E2 has been slow rising. So I am not surprised my follies aren't that big yet. I was hoping for more over 11 today though. I am mainly worried about that one being so far ahead of the others. Guess I'll see what they say when they call.
Our Journey to Brenden
IVF #1: 4/11(Follistim/Menopur/Ganirelix) 10 retrieved/8 mature and all 8 fertilized / 2 embies transferred ... nothing to freeze Beta 5/10 = BFN
IVF Take 2 Long Lupron July 2011
ER 7/3/11 (our 6th anniversary) - 8 retrieved/7 mature/fert ....ET 7/6/11 - 2 beautiful grade A 8 cell embryos
Beta 7/18/11 - 149!!! Beta 7/21/11 - 311 Beta 7/28/11 - 2,000 8/5/11 - Empty Sac 8/8/11 - There's a yolk sac and maybe a heartbeat 8/12/11 - Fetal pole, yolk sac, heartbeat 8/18/11 - Baby looks GREAT!
3 babies waiting on ice
Thanks hun. I was hoping you'd reply. If you have a moment to check your notes I'd appreciate it.
I did long lupron the first time, my RE wanted to change things up since I only ended up with 1 to transfer. Was going to do the micro-dose, but then with the lupron shortage I ended up on antagonist. I don't know now. Starting to stress that things aren't going that great. UGH!!!
I started the antagonist on my 7th day of stims in the morning, but had they been open for monitoring the day before, I probably would have started it the night before. My largest follie was 15mm when I started it, and if I remember correctly, I had another at 14mm and everything else was lagging a good deal behind. Good luck!
ETA: If it's at all helpful to you, in the sidebar of my blog (link in siggy), I have my stats from this past cycle outlined day-by-day.
IVF #1 = BFN
FET #1 = BFN
FET #2 = BFN
IVF #2 = BFP, b/g twins lost at 20w due to partial abruption/PPROM
IVF #3 = c/p 5w2d
Long-shot Clomid/Prednisone cycle before next IVF = BFP, our beautiful, healthy girl born 6/26/13!
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TTC again March 2014
FET #3 - May/June 2014 - all embryos arrested before xfer - back to the drawing board...
IVF #4 - July/August 2014
Thanks for your info. I checked out your blog, sounds like you had a really great response. I hope that things work out for you this cycle!!
My response has not been so great, I did start ganirelix this afternoon, but when the nurse called she said the RE doesn't think things look promising. I will go back in for another check on Saturday, but since they don't count anything under 11mm, all I have right now is one maturing egg. They may end up canceling my cycle. Guess I'll know more in 2 days.