The Frozen Embryo Transfer Process
What we are just starting!
- Start 10 units Lupron about a week before your cycle is supposed to start. Continue on with daily prenatal vitamin.
- Day 1 of your cycle, decrease to 5 units of Lupron and call and make an appointment for day 3.
- Day 3 go in to check and make sure your uterine lining is looking good. Also start taking estrogen every 12 hours. And start taking a baby asprin
- Days 4-8 just keep on the nightly shot and twice daily pills.
- Day 9 continue shot, but increase estrogen pills to every 6 hours. Also go in for an appointment and blood work.
And let me tell you. Choose your times wisely with the every 6 hours! It is painful for me since I get an average of 8.5 hours of sleep every night! I guess it is just a preview of what we will get 9 months from now.
- Day 11 continue shot, but double the dosage of 2 of the 4 pill times.
- Day 14 is equivalent to extraction day for Thomas and I's IVF experience. At this point I switch from Lupron shots to Progesterone shots, continue with the pills every 6 hours, but I will increase all 4 of the times to the double dose. We will also add in the prednisone.
- We then transfer the wee ones most likely 5 days after "extraction day", which will be day 19.
- Then we wait!
- And 14 days later do the pregnancy test via blood draw.
Can't wait to see what God has in store for us this round or how many of those 5 littles we will actually implant.
Our littles arrived in WA last Tuesday (Oct 27th)!
Day 3 - Today
With today being day 3, I went into my appointment and everything look wonderful. So now I just wait. Oh, and start the estrogen every 12 hours. And a daily aspirin.
My estrodial level today is at 31.
And of course I looked up from other FET cycles to see what they did. And since we want my uterine lining to be nice and thick, after lots of research I have decided to follow this ladies advice. Because really, it can't hurt! And who doesn't like fresh raspberries daily?
http://chroniclesofanadoption.blogspot.com/2014/04/getting-everything-ready.html?m=0
Here is our schedule.
Day 3 - Oct 29th, Ultrasound, blood draw, start estrogen tablets every 12 hours
Day 9 - Nov 4th, Ultrasound, blood draw, increase estrogen tablets to every 6 hours
Day 11 - Nov 6, Ultrasound, possible blood draw, double the dosage every other pill time
Day 14 - Nov 9, Ultrasound, "Extraction Day", double the dosage on every 6 hour increment
Day 19 - Nov 14th (most likely), TRANSFER DAY!
15 days later will be the pregnancy test.
I will be posting these days, but it won't be every day like with IVF cycles. These FET cycles just aren't as riveting daily. :)
My estrodial level today is at 31.
And of course I looked up from other FET cycles to see what they did. And since we want my uterine lining to be nice and thick, after lots of research I have decided to follow this ladies advice. Because really, it can't hurt! And who doesn't like fresh raspberries daily?
http://chroniclesofanadoption.blogspot.com/2014/04/getting-everything-ready.html?m=0
Here is our schedule.
Day 3 - Oct 29th, Ultrasound, blood draw, start estrogen tablets every 12 hours
Day 9 - Nov 4th, Ultrasound, blood draw, increase estrogen tablets to every 6 hours
Day 11 - Nov 6, Ultrasound, possible blood draw, double the dosage every other pill time
Day 14 - Nov 9, Ultrasound, "Extraction Day", double the dosage on every 6 hour increment
Day 19 - Nov 14th (most likely), TRANSFER DAY!
15 days later will be the pregnancy test.
I will be posting these days, but it won't be every day like with IVF cycles. These FET cycles just aren't as riveting daily. :)
Also, did you know that babies cells stay in the mom and mom's cells also cross to the baby?
Looks like this kid will get a part of me!
Prayers
I think our biggest prayers right now are:
First that my uterine lining will be perfect. It always has been every other round, but that is the only thing that can make this round not happen.
And second would be that of the 5 littles that we will be thawing out and implanting, that God will give Jeff, our embryologist, wisdom with which specific embryos to thaw and how many. We of course are leaning towards 2, but there is always the possibility that they will not be viable (if their little cells don't keep multiplying after thawing, that means they are not viable) that he will thaw out additional ones. So I just want to pray that God guides his hands in the process.
Prayers
I think our biggest prayers right now are:
First that my uterine lining will be perfect. It always has been every other round, but that is the only thing that can make this round not happen.
And second would be that of the 5 littles that we will be thawing out and implanting, that God will give Jeff, our embryologist, wisdom with which specific embryos to thaw and how many. We of course are leaning towards 2, but there is always the possibility that they will not be viable (if their little cells don't keep multiplying after thawing, that means they are not viable) that he will thaw out additional ones. So I just want to pray that God guides his hands in the process.
Really a great information you have shared. Keep sharing like this. This is my first visit to your post. Thumbs up to you. Well written. To know the process of embryo transfer in our country you can read at IVF Hospital in India .
ReplyDelete