Re: Need Input
Lynn - our RE prefers 3 day transfers for fresh cycles. He says it's better to let them grow in their natural environment, but they freeze at 5 days.
At my consult for my chemical (cycle #1) our RE said it was probably a chromosomal abnormality due to my egg quality (my age?). They did half ICSI for that cycle and we determined we didn't need it in the future, so that was good. They did AH for both cycles. My RE does AH for anyone over 38 years old. For cycle #2 they said it was just a bad stim cycle. I had 13 eggs, 8 mature, 5 fertilized "naturally." They transfered 3: 1 8-cell with zero fragmentation; 1 6-cell with some frag; and 1 4-cell with zero frag. If I had 4 make it they would have put 4 in, the most they'd do for me. We did that second cycle fresh hoping, of course to get pregnant, but also to get more to freeze, which we didn't get any. It was just a total failure all the way around.
DH and I were sure we'd do a fresh for cycle #3. When we went for our follow-up consult from cycle #2 we met with the senior doctor in the group, not our regular doctor - so yeah, you don't have to do your follow-up with the doctor who did your IVF. The senior doctor is very well known around here and very respected. I was happy to meet with him. He said we really should use the blasts we have frozen from cycle #1 and he convinced me with their stats - I hope those stats hold up for us!! I can only go by what they tell me and they have really good results with FETs. I have a 60% chance of getting pregnant with IVF at all so it's still a big gamble.
My protocol was/is:
Meds - vitamins, Folic acid, baby aspirin, and acupuncturist herbs
I see my acupuncturist once a week
BCP for 1 month (I don't ovulate regularly and my cycle can go anywhere from 28-42 days so they use BCP to know exactly where I'm at in my cycle)
Lupron shots for 2 weeks
Estrace pills started last Saturday
u/s next week which could change how much Estrace I'm taking
b/w next week for Progesterone level and then PIO shots start
start Medrol and then FET tentatively set for May 28th
I don't know the legality but I should think that you and DH "own" your totsicle and can go wherever you want with it. Does anyone know differently?
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