Infertility

What Gonal F Dosages Were You On?

I'm on day 4 of Gonal F and had our first follicle scan this morning.  We had 7 follicles in the right and 7 in the left ovaries.  We started 325 of Gonal F on day one then went down to 225 on days two and three.  After the scan this morning RE has lowered us to 112.5 today and 150 tomorrow.  That seems like a drastic decrease to me.  Is this large decrease normal?  Thanks

Re: What Gonal F Dosages Were You On?

  • for my IVF i was only on 150 and got 15 eggs.  i am one of those responders that there's no growth and then BOOM... so they need to be slow and steady with me. 

    I'm sure that your doctors are watching your E levels as well and that's why.  Sometimes they take you off completely and have you coast.  I wouldn't worry.  Good Luck!!

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    Multiple Clomid cycles of 50, 100, 150 - absolutely no response
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  • I was on 75 units for 11 days and 18 eggs were retrieved.?
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  • They are staring me at 150 because I'm "young" and have PCOS. They are expecting me to be a good responder...we'll see! Good luck to you!
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  • I was on Follistim, which is comparable to Gonal.  I was on 183.33. (Weird, I know, it was one click on the pen past 175)   I pretty much stayed on that except for my last two nights.  Then my RE dropped me to 150 and then 125.
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  • I started on 112.5 of Gonal F and then, went up to 150.  I have PCOS so I'm sure they were being cautious.
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  • I was on 75 of Gonal F for my first IUI and I only had one follicle, so I think next cycle my dosage may be increased.  Good Luck all!
  • I'm on follistim, but I've was on 150 iu for the first 3 days, then they moved me down to 125 iu.  

    They are probably trying to slow you down a bit to mature the follies in a batch (ie let the smaller ones catch up). 

  • I was a slow responder so they had me on 450 for 10 days
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