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IVF protocol - did you do this?

Shelley-BeanShelley-Bean member
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With my last IVF cycle, I did 1 month of OCPs, then began stimming after my menses and a supression check.  I responded really well (14 follies, 11 eggs).

I've changed practices, and they put me on OCPs for 1 month, then had me restart OCPs on day 3 of my menses and I'm taking it for 14 days.  On day 10 of my OCPs, I start lupron for 10 days - the OCPs and lupron overlap for 5 days. (Now we're at day 23 of my cycle).  THEN, if I'm supressed, they will stim me.

It just seems so long!  Did your RE do this, too?

Clomid x 2 cycles ..... BFN. 6/08 Gonal F with TI- BFN. 7/08 Gonal F #2 - IUI 7/11, BFN. 9/22/08 IUI #2 and Accupuncture - Chemical Pregnancy. 11/08 IUI #3 with accupuncture - BFN. 12/08 IUI #4 BFN. 5/09 IVF #1 ER 7/6/09, ET 7/9/09 - BFN. FET 12/18/09 - BFN IVF #2 -ER 3/6, ET 3/9, OMG - BFP!!! Beta #1 3/22 -332, Beta #2 3/24 - 701, Beta #3 - 14,889 - 1st u/s - TWINS!! SAIF ALWAYS WELCOME!!! ***Why can't 88 million sperm and 3 eggs find each other in an organ the size of a pear??*** Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance. - H. Jackson Brown
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Re: IVF protocol - did you do this?

  • svp1537svp1537

    I have not heard of this protocol, but when I was with my RE last Monday, we went through about a zillion protocols, and there are some crazy ones they can combine with bcp's and lupron, like you are mentioning....

    Maybe this is the crazy change you need :) I hope so!!!

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  • WindDropWindDrop
    If you had large follicles on CD3 that would make sense.  Fortunately I didn't have to go on BCP prior to my cycle.  After a failed Clomid cycle, I was good on CD3 and on CD21 I started Lupron 10ml daily.  I was on them for about 7 days and had an u/s to ensure ovaries were "quiet".  Then I was okayed to start my Follistim and bump my Lupron down to 5ml daily.  I stayed on that until trigger.  Did they go over your E2, FSH, u/s with you?
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  • Shelley-BeanShelley-Bean member

    They wouldn't even tell me what my E2/FSH results were!  They only said "normal".  I didn't get a day 3 u/s.

    I feel like I'm just part of a protocol, and they're not going to deviate from it no matter what.  :-(

    Clomid x 2 cycles ..... BFN. 6/08 Gonal F with TI- BFN. 7/08 Gonal F #2 - IUI 7/11, BFN. 9/22/08 IUI #2 and Accupuncture - Chemical Pregnancy. 11/08 IUI #3 with accupuncture - BFN. 12/08 IUI #4 BFN. 5/09 IVF #1 ER 7/6/09, ET 7/9/09 - BFN. FET 12/18/09 - BFN IVF #2 -ER 3/6, ET 3/9, OMG - BFP!!! Beta #1 3/22 -332, Beta #2 3/24 - 701, Beta #3 - 14,889 - 1st u/s - TWINS!! SAIF ALWAYS WELCOME!!! ***Why can't 88 million sperm and 3 eggs find each other in an organ the size of a pear??*** Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker In the confrontation between the stream and the rock, the stream always wins--not through strength but by perseverance. - H. Jackson Brown
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