"Woh oh, what I want to know...

...where does the time go?" - Grateful Dead

Life throws us curveballs and, for reasons no one wants to read, I waited almost a full year to start IVF #2. But here I am, ready to be a pin cushion for the next month or so. I've got a slightly edited flare protocol and am reasonably hopeful about this cycle. I understand that my chances are less than 50%. I am an adult. If at first you don't succeed...

IVF #2 - Apr 2011

3/10: AF
3/21: LH surge
3/29: Co-culture biopsy
3/30: Estrogen patches and Cetrotide
3/31: AF
4/3: Start 525 Follistim / 75 Menopur / 20 Lupron
4/17: potential HCG trigger

"Doctor, doctor give me the news...

... I've got a bad case of lovin' you." - Robert Palmer

Dx & Rx

Me: 33 - High FSH, possible DOR, stage 4 endometriosis, hypothyroidism
Him: 35 - no sperm problems, retrograde ejaculation

IVF #1 - Apr/May 2010
4/23: Estrogen patches and Ganirelix
4/27: AF
4/28: Start 450 Follistim / 150 Menopur / 20 Lupron
5/13: HCG trigger
5/14: ER - 10 eggs, 8 mature, 6 fertilized w/ICSI
5/17: ET 3 embies - 6 cell, 5 cell, 4 cell (all grade 2 out of 5).
5/24 to 5/28: HPTs = BFN
5/28: Pregnancy test - hCG = 0; E2 = 154
5/29: AF = BFN
6/1: Repeat bloodwork - day 3

IVF #2 - Jul/Aug 2010
To be continued...