It starts with going on birth control for about 10-15 days, then you are on Lupron (luprolide) injection shots for about 2 weeks, then you have a suppression check and if that turns out good, then you start on your FSH hormone shots which grow the follicles. Then when your follicles are ready (doctor decides this), you go a trigger shot of HCG which is done exactly 36 hours before your eggs are releases and at that time, you have surgery to harvest your eggs on the 35th hour. After the eggs are harvested (egg retrieval), then the sperm is injected into the egg (ICSI), they are then watched and transfered back into the uterus either on Day 3 or Day 5 of Transfer. After the Egg retrieval, you start on progesterone and 81mg of asprin. On the day of Transfer (either day 3 or day 5), you are then on bed rest for 24 hours. You then have the two week wait (2WW) until you go and take your blood test to find out if you are pregnant.
WHY THIS BLOG
I have put together this blog for others as well as mainly to vent my feelings on infertility and to make others aware of infertility. My goal is to eventually start a charity or non profit organization and help other couples afford infertility treatment or adoption. I am currently raising money to be able to do another infertility treatment whether it be embryo adoption, adoption or yet another cycle of IVF. It's still too soon for me to know what I want to do and if I want to go through another IVF.
Friday, June 4, 2010
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