Cycle 7

Stim Cycle 3, Cycle #7. 

CD 1 was 20th Sept 2012.

CD1 - Phone clinic. Begin Prenisolone 25 mg.
CD2 - BT @ 7.30am - levels OK. Begin injecting: 150 Gonal F, 40mg Clexane. 25mg Pred.
CD3 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred
CD4 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred
CD5 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred
CD6 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred
CD7 - Start Orgalutran, continue Gonal F, Clexane, Pred
CD8 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred, Orgalutran
CD9 - BT and U/S @ 9am. Gonal F, Clexane, Pred, Orgalutran + Intralipid Infusion.
CD10 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred, Orgalutran
CD11 - Gonal F, Clexane, Pred, Orgalutran
CD12 - BT & U/S @ 8.30am. Pred. Stop Gonal F, Clexane, Orgalutran. Trigger with Ovidrel at 7pm.
CD13 - Pred. Jab free day :)
CD14 - EPU @ 9am (13 egss retrieved!). Begin 400mg Progesterone (P4) Pessary.
CD15 - Begin 100mg Doxycycline (antibitotic). Pred, Clexane, P4. 11 eggs mature but only 6 fertilised.
CD16 - Doxycycline, Pred, Clexane, P4
CD17 - Doxycycline, Pred, Clexane, P4
CD18 - Doxycycline, Pred, Clexane, P4
CD19 - Embryo Transfer. 2 hatching blasts transferred. Doxycycline, Pred (increase to 30mg/day), Clexane, P4 (increase to 800mg/day)
CD20 - 1 day past 5 day transfer (1dp5dt) 1 expanded blastocyst has been frozen. Pred, Doxycycline, Clexane, P4.
CD21 - 2dp5dt. Doxycycline, Pred, Clexane, P4.
CD22 - 3dp5dt. Pred Clexane, P4.
CD23 - 4dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4. Spotting in the evening??? Very light.
CD23 - 5dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4. No more spotting, light cramping. FRER @2pm = very faint BFP.
CD24 - 6dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4. FRER @ 7am = BFP, noticeably darker than yesterday!
CD25 - 7dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4.
CD26 - 8dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4.
CD27 - 9dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4. Organised early BT. HCG= 106!!!!!!!!!!!! BFP! P4 = 92
CD28 - 10dp5dt. Pred (35mg), Clexane, P4 (increase to 3 x 400mg/day). Spotting???!!!
CD29 - 11dp5dt. Pred, Clexane, P4. Light spotting. Follow up BT. HCG = 303, P4 = 147 :)

Estimated Due Date: 26th June, 2013...one day after our 9 year anniversary together.

So there you have it. IVF actually works! I was beginning to wonder. I do give full credit to my reproductive immunologist. I am certain that without his testing and interventions I'd still be transferring beautiful embryos into an environment that would just kill them.

I am worried as I have a tiny amount of spotting, but P4 is high so I can relax a little. It hasn't really sunk in yet. I can't believe this is actually happening to us. I feel like the kid in the David After Dentist video - "Is this real life??!"

Now to tell our families...