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Follistim Experiences
Hello everyone! I usually post on 2IF board, but thought I might ask you lovely ladies, too. I am starting Follistim 75IU next month with IUI. What have been your experiences with this protocol? How did you respond? Did you have any sx? How many days did you need to take it? We have an insurance cap and this is eating a huge chunk and was looking for some success stories to help easy my worried mind. Thanks in advance, ladies!
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TTC #2 since 11/10---Me- Poor egg quality and supply---DH- Poor count and motility---2 rounds 75IU Follistim/IUI-BFN---5/12 150IU Follistim/IUI-Over-produced! Converted to IVF! 0 fertilized:( Rescue ICSI performed. 2 embryos transfered-BFN
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Re: Follistim Experiences
I am a poor responder so did 150 of follistm for IUI. No real side effects, besides bloat- I stimmed for I think 8-9 days each time (did 3 IUI cycles) with 2-3 mature follicles at trigger (pretty much what my RE aims for with IUI cycles). No success with IUI so had to move on to IVF, but I know many people who have had success with injectable IUIs!
Good luck!
After 7 years trying to concieve, 3 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs, my third IVF was a success!
My Christmas baby turned into a turkey bird! Dillon Richard was born at 34 weeks, 5 days on November 28, 2009 after 10 weeks on bedrest for preeclampsia.
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I used it twice and the good news was I had no side effects at all. The bad news was, thanks to PCOS I hyperstimmed both times (20-30 follies) and they canceled the cycles.
Good luck.
TTC #2 with PCOS since September 2009
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pretty much this only I only did it one cycle...hyperstimmed....also have PCOS.
No side effects though
Good luck!!!
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Only 2 days?! She said that I might have to do it for 10 days or more! Is this because of your PCOS?
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I had better follicle response on follistim than I did on clomid-- with clomid it was either too little or too much. With follistim I think around 100 worked well for me, maybe a little more (it has been a while) and I used it for 3 IUIs. They didn't work for me. I was self pay on the follistim. I didn't mind doing the injections-- that was easy. I did find myself irritible and gained weight-- about 20 pounds after 5 IUIs.
I was about to start IVF when I got pregnant (the one cycle we didn't pee on a stick every day and do high tech monitoring because we were relaxing because we were about to start IVF.... and the timing of how I got pregnant was completely different from when I was supposed to ovulate according to all the tests).
Overall, I found that the issues and stresses with infertility were worse emotionally and stress wise than the issues and stresses with being pregnant.
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