On this visit they took a vial of blood, did an ultrasound.had me talk with the billing department and talk with the IVF coordinator nurse to teach me how to use my medicine. The Jones institute is taking a very low does medicine approach in a hope to be able to get better quality eggs not necessarily more eggs.
At this base line appointment I had 5 Follicles each at 5mm (3 in the left ovary and 2 in the right ovary).
Here is the breakdown of the Medicine I am taking this time
Taken each night between 5-7 pm
- Gonal F (shot) 450
- Menopur (shot) 150
- Certotide (shot)
- Prenatal Vitamin
- COQ 10 - 3 for a total of 600 mg
- Baby Aspirin- 1=81 mg
- DHEA -1in the am 2 in the pm
The Appointments after the baseline appointment are pretty quick they start with blood being drawn and then an ultra sound. Below is a list of the my appointments during the follicle growing process.
- Friday 9/22/17 - My follicles had grown to 4 in the left ovary ranging in size from 5 to 8mm and 3 in the right ovary ranging in size from 7 to 9mm.
- Monday 9/25/17 - My follicles had grown to 5 in the left ovary ranging in size from 7 to 11 mm and 3 in the right ovary ranging in size from 7 to 11 mm.
- Wednesday 9/27/17 - My follicles had grown to 5 in the left ovary ranging in size from 9 to 15 mm and 4 in the right ovary ranging in size 9 to 13 mm.
- Friday 9/29/17 - My follicles had grown to 5 in the left ovary ranging in size from 11 to 13 mm and 4 in the right ovary ranging in size 12 to 20 mm. At this appointment the doctor was concerned that there would not be enough follicle to get to the 18mm range to move forward with the egg retrieval. The doctor said to come back tomorrow and they would make a final decision.
- Saturday 9/30/17 - My follicles had grown to 4 in my left ovary ranging in size from 11 to 15 mm and 4 in my right ovary ranging in size from 12 to 13 mm. The doctor was happy with the results today as said the cycle would not be cancelled.
- Sunday 10/1/17 - My follicles had grown 4 in the left ovary ranging in size from 14 to 17 mm and 5 in the right ovary ranging in size from 12 to 18 mm. I was told to take the Trigger Shot at 10 pm later that night at this appointment. The trigger shot tells your body to ovulate.
- Monday 10/2/17- This was my last appointment before egg retrieval to make sure my follicles where ready My follicles had grown to 5 in my left ovary ranging in size from 15 to 18 mm and 3 in my left ovary ranging in size from 18 to 19 mm. We where good to go and where told to come back tomorrow morning at 7am.
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