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Confused, why HCG for FET?

EdithREdithR
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I just got a call from the pharmacy and they mentioned HCG as one of the meds that the new RE office ordered for me (1 of 7 meds). I"m confused. I thought that for FET you only need to take progesterone and estradiol (and on occasion, leupron).  Are they prepping me for a failed FET? Is that what's going on?
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Re: Confused, why HCG for FET?

  • KoCoLoCoKoCoLoCo
    Hmmm, that doesn't sound right.  Call your RE and double check their protocol, maybe they sent in a whole order for you rather than just the meds for FET?
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  • lovemymonkeylovemymonkey

    I can't imagine you'd need an HCG shot for an FET. I'd call your RE to confirm.

    After 5 years of TTC, 3 IUIs, 5 IVFs, 2 FETs, multiple losses and an adoption that wasn
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  • MKC101103MKC101103 member
    Don't freak out too quickly...I had hcg for one of my FET's to strengthen my O.
    Maria
    After 27 months, 5 IUI's, 3 m/c's, 2 IVF's, 2 FET's (and a partridge in a pear tree) we finally had our baby boy. Our first son was born on Jan. 1, 2009.

    Did another round of IVF and our girl/boy twins were born May 12, 2011
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member
    I did ovidrel on Sunday night which is 6 days prior to my FET, the reasoning I was given is that they're trying to mimic a normal cycle's hormones by causing what is like ovulation (even though it's not since if you're suppressed w/ Lupron you shouldn't really have any mature follicles to ovulate).
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  • lovemymonkeylovemymonkey

    imageMKC101103:
    Don't freak out too quickly...I had hcg for one of my FET's to strengthen my O.

    but you don't ovulate in an FET cycle... 

    After 5 years of TTC, 3 IUIs, 5 IVFs, 2 FETs, multiple losses and an adoption that wasn
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  • lovemymonkeylovemymonkey

    imagegroovygrl:
    I did ovidrel on Sunday night which is 6 days prior to my FET, the reasoning I was given is that they're trying to mimic a normal cycle's hormones by causing what is like ovulation (even though it's not since if you're suppressed w/ Lupron you shouldn't really have any mature follicles to ovulate).

    this makes sense. perhaps OP's RE is doing this as part of the FET protocol? 

    After 5 years of TTC, 3 IUIs, 5 IVFs, 2 FETs, multiple losses and an adoption that wasn
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  • groovygrlgroovygrl member
    imagelovemymonkey:

    imagegroovygrl:
    I did ovidrel on Sunday night which is 6 days prior to my FET, the reasoning I was given is that they're trying to mimic a normal cycle's hormones by causing what is like ovulation (even though it's not since if you're suppressed w/ Lupron you shouldn't really have any mature follicles to ovulate).

    this makes sense. perhaps OP's RE is doing this as part of the FET protocol? 

    Yup, I'm sure it is part of his protocol, as it is part of my REs protocol also but I know not 100% of the REs at the practice use it b/c the protocol forms they send to everyone do not have it on there. 

    I was only able to find one thing about it in a brief google search, apparently a clinical trial ended earlier this year but I can't find the results yet. https://www.druglib.com/trial/29/NCT00398229.html

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  • EdithREdithR

    Thanks guys.

     The link was very helpful :)

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  • MKC101103MKC101103 member
    imagelovemymonkey:

    imageMKC101103:
    Don't freak out too quickly...I had hcg for one of my FET's to strengthen my O.

    but you don't ovulate in an FET cycle... 

    Um, I ovulated in both of my FET cycles.

    Maria
    After 27 months, 5 IUI's, 3 m/c's, 2 IVF's, 2 FET's (and a partridge in a pear tree) we finally had our baby boy. Our first son was born on Jan. 1, 2009.

    Did another round of IVF and our girl/boy twins were born May 12, 2011
    Report Reply
  • lovemymonkeylovemymonkey
    imageMKC101103:
    imagelovemymonkey:

    imageMKC101103:
    Don't freak out too quickly...I had hcg for one of my FET's to strengthen my O.

    but you don't ovulate in an FET cycle... 

    Um, I ovulated in both of my FET cycles.

    Sorry, didn't know you did natural FET cycle.  Mine have always been medicated so they have always prevented me from ovulating. I shouldn't have assumed.

    After 5 years of TTC, 3 IUIs, 5 IVFs, 2 FETs, multiple losses and an adoption that wasn
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