IVF/ICSI at Guys? Anyone else? - Page 10

key24 · Dec 5th, 2011, 03:51 AM

thanks ladies - you're right, it could just be the scan playing up!

AMH is taken from your bloods and apparently gives an estimate of remaining egg reserve. It is a bit like the FSH but can be taken anytime rather than at certain points in the month. From what i understand the lower the FSH the better, and the higher the AMH the better!

Thinking of you today Kazza - and hope you get Dr Tom.

Serena - thought the artwork was great!!

k x

kazzab25 · Dec 5th, 2011, 04:19 AM

Thanks for the explanation, soo much to learn!! I will keep everything crossed that it was the machine xx

When do you think you will be starting Key? Did they give you the SA results on the day? Will you be doing ICSI or IVF?

Serena - not long for you now!

kazzab25 · Dec 5th, 2011, 08:58 AM

Well... I'm sat waiting for the appt!!! Bored!! Lol

key24 · Dec 5th, 2011, 09:27 AM

Hubby didn't have to do a sample because they had the recent results from the end of September and they were analysied quite in depth at Chelsfield, so guess they thought he didn't need to do it again.

Assuming I still go ahead as normal then i'll be calling just after Xmas to arrange appt with nurse and starting sniffer drugs mid Jan.

Hopefully they'll have my AMH results soon to put my mind at rest 1 way or another!!

Kazza -let us know how you get on and whether you get Dr Tom

k x

key24 · Dec 5th, 2011, 09:33 AM

forgot to say - we'll be doing ICSI

kazzab25 · Dec 5th, 2011, 10:12 AM

Hiya,

Fingers crossed for your bloods I'm just waiting for mine now!!

Sa done, scan done, very poly cystic 26 on each ovarie and should be 15! I've got dr reddy who said its not less likely to work but will be very prone to over stimming! will need to be monitored regularly!!

Need to wait to see if I bleed in next two weeks, if so then phone up if not then I have provera to take on the 16th then call up and take the pill on day 2 and then it begins!! Fingers crossed!!

key24 · Dec 5th, 2011, 11:25 AM

wow - we're the two different extremes, I only had 7 in total that they could see, which is really low i think! I'm also only 34, so didn't think that i would have a real problem with that side of it.

From your timings it looks like you'll be starting about same time as me.

kazzab25 · Dec 5th, 2011, 12:00 PM

I was a little confused tho, do we take bcp for three weeks then start sniffing after that?

Yes we are both complete opposites let's hope someone up there's looking down on us!! Fingers crossed!!

Serena80 · Dec 5th, 2011, 13:50 PM

Hi kazza, glad it went ok today. Very exciting to finally be in the process after months of waiting around!
Did they say how often they'd have to monitor you for over stimming? I'm quite worried about it as from what I've read it can be quite painful. What's provera?

From what the doctor told me on the phone (but I was a bit caught off guard so may not be 100% right) is that you take the bcp from day 1 of your period for 3 weeks & then start the sniffing drugs. Is that what they told you? I know you ring up on day 1 of your period to tell them, but do you know when you go in to collect your schedule?

Key/kazza, are you both on the long protocol?

Ah! So many question!

kazzab25 · Dec 5th, 2011, 15:04 PM

Yes very exciting!! Can't wait to get started!!!

Provera is a pill you take for 8 days to induce a bleed because I'm irregular. If I don't have a period by the 16th I will take this. I was told to call on day one of my period and start taking bcp pill day two for three weeks, then I got muddled think you start sniffing at the end of bcp. They said towards the end of stimming I might have to go for a scan daily, they will start me on a low dose of stimming at first and take it from there!

I think it's classed as long protocol but I didn't ask! Hope I don't over stim as they will abandon

Dec 5th, 2011, 03:51 AM	#91
key24 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Beckenham Posts: 372	thanks ladies - you're right, it could just be the scan playing up! AMH is taken from your bloods and apparently gives an estimate of remaining egg reserve. It is a bit like the FSH but can be taken anytime rather than at certain points in the month. From what i understand the lower the FSH the better, and the higher the AMH the better! Thinking of you today Kazza - and hope you get Dr Tom. Serena - thought the artwork was great!! k x

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Dec 5th, 2011, 04:19 AM	#92
kazzab25 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chislehurst Kent Posts: 1,786	Thanks for the explanation, soo much to learn!! I will keep everything crossed that it was the machine xx When do you think you will be starting Key? Did they give you the SA results on the day? Will you be doing ICSI or IVF? Serena - not long for you now!

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Dec 5th, 2011, 08:58 AM	#93
kazzab25 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chislehurst Kent Posts: 1,786	Well... I'm sat waiting for the appt!!! Bored!! Lol

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Dec 5th, 2011, 09:27 AM	#94
key24 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Beckenham Posts: 372	Hubby didn't have to do a sample because they had the recent results from the end of September and they were analysied quite in depth at Chelsfield, so guess they thought he didn't need to do it again. Assuming I still go ahead as normal then i'll be calling just after Xmas to arrange appt with nurse and starting sniffer drugs mid Jan. Hopefully they'll have my AMH results soon to put my mind at rest 1 way or another!! Kazza -let us know how you get on and whether you get Dr Tom k x

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key24 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Beckenham Posts: 372	forgot to say - we'll be doing ICSI

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kazzab25 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chislehurst Kent Posts: 1,786	Hiya, Fingers crossed for your bloods I'm just waiting for mine now!! Sa done, scan done, very poly cystic 26 on each ovarie and should be 15! I've got dr reddy who said its not less likely to work but will be very prone to over stimming! will need to be monitored regularly!! Need to wait to see if I bleed in next two weeks, if so then phone up if not then I have provera to take on the 16th then call up and take the pill on day 2 and then it begins!! Fingers crossed!!

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key24 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Beckenham Posts: 372	wow - we're the two different extremes, I only had 7 in total that they could see, which is really low i think! I'm also only 34, so didn't think that i would have a real problem with that side of it. From your timings it looks like you'll be starting about same time as me.

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kazzab25 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chislehurst Kent Posts: 1,786	I was a little confused tho, do we take bcp for three weeks then start sniffing after that? Yes we are both complete opposites let's hope someone up there's looking down on us!! Fingers crossed!!

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Dec 5th, 2011, 13:50 PM	#99
Serena80 Trying to conceive (TTC) Active BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 300	Hi kazza, glad it went ok today. Very exciting to finally be in the process after months of waiting around! Did they say how often they'd have to monitor you for over stimming? I'm quite worried about it as from what I've read it can be quite painful. What's provera? From what the doctor told me on the phone (but I was a bit caught off guard so may not be 100% right) is that you take the bcp from day 1 of your period for 3 weeks & then start the sniffing drugs. Is that what they told you? I know you ring up on day 1 of your period to tell them, but do you know when you go in to collect your schedule? Key/kazza, are you both on the long protocol? Ah! So many question!

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Dec 5th, 2011, 15:04 PM	#100
kazzab25 Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chislehurst Kent Posts: 1,786	Yes very exciting!! Can't wait to get started!!! Provera is a pill you take for 8 days to induce a bleed because I'm irregular. If I don't have a period by the 16th I will take this. I was told to call on day one of my period and start taking bcp pill day two for three weeks, then I got muddled think you start sniffing at the end of bcp. They said towards the end of stimming I might have to go for a scan daily, they will start me on a low dose of stimming at first and take it from there! I think it's classed as long protocol but I didn't ask! Hope I don't over stim as they will abandon

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