Hi ladies,
I'm fairly new here. I was dx with PCOS in April and was referred to my RE. I am currently on my 3rd cycle - 1st cycle was Clomid only. I did 2 rounds (50mg then 100mg) to get growth and was slow to respond. Ended up with 2 follicles (19mm and 16mm) and did IUI - bfn. My second cycle was also Clomid only, 2 rounds again at a higher dose (100mg then 150mg) but I did not respond at all and my cycle was cancelled. Now here I am on my third cycle but first with injectables. I did 5 days (cd3-7) of 100mg of Clomid, then the following night 75iu of Gonal-F. I went in for monitoring the next morning and I had to follicles at 12mm on the right and my e2 was the highest its been at 240. Took 1 night off and then did another injection of 75iu on Friday night. At my monitoring appointment Saturday my follicles were 14mm and 17mm but my e2 dropped to 179 :-( All day I was exhausted, bloated and nauseous. I actually slept more yesterday than I was awake. Last night they had me up my Gonal - F to 150iu and I feel just as awful today but at least my follicles are at 19mm and 15.4mm. I am supposed to use 150iu of Bravelle tonight (as I am out of meds and that is all they had in the office) and I am dreading feeling like this tomorrow. Hopefully, I will get to trigger tomorrow night...
So for those of you who have used gonal f or injectables did you feel this awful? Is it normal?
I appreciate you input and am glad there is a place with other ladies going through this same infertility stuff - it really sucks sometimes!!! And as wonderful as my dh is (especially giving me the injections) he just doesn't get it a lot of the time.
Thanks!
Re: Anyone else feel AWFUL on Gonal F?
Thanks again!