Before burying Cycle 4 deep in the mental IVF waste dump I am trying to create, I thought I should duly document this antagonist cycle which we hoped would be the answer for us:
Day 1 – Nil medication but lots of hope
Day 2 – Clomid (Clomiphene) 50mg
Day 3 – Clomid (Clomiphene) 50mg & Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2
Day 4 – Clomid (Clomiphene) 50mg & Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2
Day 5 – Clomid (Clomiphene) 50mg & Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2
Day 6 – Clomid (Clomiphene) 50mg & Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 7 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 8 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml – Ultrasound & Blood test
Day 9 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 10 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 11 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 12 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml – Ultrasound & Blood test
Day 13 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 14 – Puregon (Follitropin beta) 225 IU x 2 & Orgalutran 0.5 ml
Day 15 – Pregnyl 10,000 iu
Day 16 – Nil
Day 17 – Egg Pick Up
Day 18 – Nil medication and considerably less hope.
It is so hard to go through one loss after another, to keep packing away the tangible reminders of all that you went through just to get to a place that feels even emptier than before. I know you’ll find the strength to get through this, but I also know that this is easier said than done.
Take care, watch lots of TV and eat handfuls of chocolate (if that’s your thing). After all that you’ve done, you deserve a break and some indulgence.
I’m so sorry for you. If I was there I’d give you a big hug. If I had worthwhile embryos I’d give you some of mine. I’d cook you dinner and make you sleep in until lunchtime.
So sorry.
Wow, you’ve taken plenty of fertility meds. That must be $6K worth of meds there. Do you pay for your meds and procedures there in Au?
I ask because I am on the verge of starting our first IVF and I dread having to think about how much we are going to spend because we are paying for all of it. And that is just going to be our first! (I hope it just takes 1…)
And you just had your 4th, so I think I can imagine how much $$$ that is if you are paying it all by yourself.