Not a whole lot here to report.
Still no AF.
Still going crazy with the wait.
I have taken to fantasizing different scenarios--you know, if AF arrives today, then I'll go in for my scan and blood work on Friday kind of stuff. The "and then" part of these plans are always a little fuzzy, however. It has finally dawned on me that I have no idea what the protocol is for an FET. (My head tends to skip that little detail and jump right to the delivering a healthy, full term baby part.) I suppose I could call the clinic and find out what they normally do, but that doesn't sound all that appealing either. I might get into the tiniest bit of trouble because I haven't been following my beta down to zero, something I am not too keen about experiencing at the moment. Whoopsie.
What's a girl to do in this situation?
You guessed it! She asks her very knowledgeable and wise Internet buddies for info. So, here it goes: For all of you out there who have done FETs, what was your protocol? Are any protocols more successful than others?
I am thinking I'd like to go as drug free as possible to give my poor body a break, but I am open for whatever will allow me to get (and stay) pregnant.
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Today at school, I had to discipline a student who was tardy to first period for the 7th day. (I was working in the office--finally putting my admin cred to work.) I first tried to understand why the student was having trouble getting to school on time, so I asked him where he lived. He couldn't tell me. not because he was trying to keep it a secret, but because he just didn't know. All he could answer was that he lived at the beach. Okay. So, I asked how long he has lived at his house, thinking he doesn't know his address because he just moved. Um, no. He had been living in his current home for four years.
He doesn't know his address?
He's in 8th grade.
The gaps in my students' learning is astounding sometimes. And scary.
In the end, I spoke to the boy's mother, who was shocked her son didn't know his own address (um, hello? Get to know your kid!), and signed him up for the school bus. (which is free here)
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I am walking in the Relay for Life in my area this weekend. This is the eighth year the team from our school has participated. Our tradition is to always have someone from our team walking during the entire 24 hour period. Back in the day, I used to be one of the team members who stayed the entire 24 hours, so I did all my walking in the middle of the night. Now, I have acknowledged the fact that my butt is too old to stay up all night, so I am just going to go walk and hang out during the day like a normal person. I am looking forward to it and plan on taking Is.aac and the boys for a while.
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My protocol was almost non-existent. No medication, no bloodwork. Just scans to follow the lead follicle. And because I don't really trust them with the scans (they've made some stupid mistakes in the past) I used OPK's just to make sure they wouldn't miss ovulation.
Our embryo's were frozen 4 days past retrievel, so they started thawing them 3 days past ovulation to be put back the day after (4dpO), to make it as "natural" as possible.
I can't say whether it's the best protocol (I found the whole "no medication, no bloodwork" thing quite scary at first: a bit too many things left to chance for my taste), but it worked for me!
Going in for my 12 week OB appointment today... Nervous? Who, me?
I hope your FET will be as big a succes as mine was!!! Toes AND fingers will be crossed for you this time!
Can't answer your question.
But, wow, every day something new shocks me with these students, ever day.
It was all that walking that prepared you for twins. WOW ! And NOW you are a trained professional staying up all night. You should TOTALLY be the night walker.
I went with meds through my FET. NOTHING like IVF of course. I thought about going natural but my doctor liked a more controlled environment. I thought...what the hell.
I suppose your doctor will have his own method of madness.
One healthy baby...coming up.
Hope AF cooperates and shows soon.
Holy sh*t, an eighth grader who didn't know his address?!?!?
Hope the Relay for Life goes great.
Clinics vary wildly in the FET protocol space. Some do natural FETs, in which they give you just a bit of progesterone in the very end, some monitor them and have you take some form of de-regulation just like in a fresh cycle. I think it honestly depends on what you like and your clinic likes, I understand success rates between non-medicated FETs are just as good as the regulated ones.
I think that may be the most unhelpful comment you'll have all day.
You just HAD to mention the free bus, didn't you? Butt head! One of Chicken's friends in 6th grade wasn't able to ride his bike to our house because he didn't have the sense of direction that God gave a mud fence. We lived a five minute walk away, probably two blocks at the most. Ridiculous.
Ok hon, there's several permutations of FET and it's mostly down to personal preference and habit of your clinic:
1. Natural cycle, monitoring for ovulation with at home LH kit or with ultrasounds.
2. Natural cycle with trigger shot to time ovulation precisely.
3. Natural cycle with extra progesterone in the second half, just in case (can be IM injection or vaginal).
4. Artificial cycle with estrogen (usually tablets) in the first half and estrogen + progesterone starting the appropriate number of days pre-transfer.
5. Number 4, but with prior downregulation with lupron or synarel (rarely women on protocol 4 will ovulate if not suppressed first, although it isn't common).
6. An FSH injectibles cycle with ovulation tracked or triggered. Plus or minus progesterone in the second half.
7. 6, but using a drug like clomid.
See? Many ways to skin a FET :)
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