Update on Me.....

KimAnne · #1 (**permalink**) 10-04-2004, 01:40 PM

YAY! Good news for once. No Lap again…..No putting me into menopause.

She really thinks the reason for the endo being so aggressive is because my doc last Aug didn’t clean it out all the way because he was afraid of damaging my tubes and making IVF my only option. My RE truly thinks we were just on the wrong side of the percentages for the last IVF.

We are going ahead with IVF#2 and the more aggressive Colorado protocol (not totally sure what all that includes but if you know let me know…

) We are adding baby aspirin to the mix. We are also adding Assisted Hatching if we don’t make it until Day 5 blastocysts. I don’t have the complete list of dates yet….but I’m on Day 7 of this cycle and on BCP’s already since we weren’t sure of the lap so I’ll definitely start stimming the end of Oct or beginning of Nov.

Hope2BAMommy · #2 (**permalink**) 10-04-2004, 06:16 PM

Hey Kim!

I'm glad to hear your good news!! I tried doing a look up on the Colorado IVF Protocol and this is what I found...

Colorado Protocol

Here's the protocol:

THE COLORADO

The Colorado is a treatment to improve the lining of the Uterus to aid implantation of the embryo.

STAGE ONE
1. Commence Baby Asprin (Astrix, Cartia, Cardiprin) when you commence the Syneral or Lucrin. This can be purchased over the counter at your pharmacy.

STAGE TWO
2. Your husband commences Doryx 100mg twice a day for 7 days when you commence Gonal F or Puregon.

3. Cease the Asprin on the day of your first ultrasound.

STAGE THREE
4. Commence Prednisolone 25mg at night on the day after the Profasi/Pregnyl injection (trigger) and take for 5 nights.

5. Commence Augmentin 500mg orally twice a day on the day after the Profasi/Pregnyl injection and take for 5 days.

STAGE FOUR
6. The day after the egg pickup commence:-

a) Crinone (Progresterone gel) one application each morning. (old protocol was proluton injections).

b) Estraderm mx patches 100mcgm two applied to the buttock (one on each buttock). Change alternative days.

7. The day after the egg pickup, recommence the Baby Asprin.

8. Have intercourse the night before embryo transfer.

OTHER

* Asprin, Crinone/Estraderm Patches Continue until the pregnancy test.

* If the test is positive treatment continues to 6 weeks.

* If the ultrasound shows a viable pregnancy all the treatments continue until 13 weeks are completed.

* The Asprin continues to the 34th week of the pregnancy.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Keeping my

for you sweetie!!

Kim

Sebsmommy · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2004, 06:08 AM

Good luck with everything...I hope it brings you to your dream of a big beautiful baby. All the best!!!