Shady grove FET

[Anonymous]

Does anyone know what shady groves (Annandale) FET ptotocol is? Do they do mock transfer? Endo scratching? What drugs?

[Anonymous]

If you haven't done a mock recently, they will do one. I didn't have endo scratching. I did estrogen and progesterone. The default is intramuscular injections of both, but you can do patches/inserts if needed. I also had to do BCPs so that they could time the FET.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you haven't done a mock recently, they will do one. I didn't have endo scratching. I did estrogen and progesterone. The default is intramuscular injections of both, but you can do patches/inserts if needed. I also had to do BCPs so that they could time the FET.

so you didn't have to do Lupron shots? The estrogen and progesterone IM shots were leading up to the FET, right? Do you rememver how long you did them prior to FET? My previous clinic never did mock transfers but i think that is something that would be really helpful, so im hoping they do it as part of their protocol.

[Anonymous]

Just did an FET at beginning of January with SG. I did have a mock transfer, even though I'd had a successful IVF pregnancy 2 years earlier. I was told that it's an important step in planning the actual transfer. The doc wants to be aware of any abnormalities in the uterus and it helps them know where to put the catheter when doing the actual embryo transfer.

I was on birth control pills for about 4 weeks to quiet my system. Started estrogen injections every 3rd night 2.5 weeks before transfer. Started the nightly progesterone injections 5 days before transfer.

My cycle was successful. If the pregnancy continues well, I'll be on the shots through the 10th week of pregnancy (end of Feb). So, about 10 weeks of shots altogether. It really hasn't been nearly as bad as I thought it would be. After the 1st two weeks of shots, my body seemed to adjust a bit and stop being quite so sore.

Best of luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you haven't done a mock recently, they will do one. I didn't have endo scratching. I did estrogen and progesterone. The default is intramuscular injections of both, but you can do patches/inserts if needed. I also had to do BCPs so that they could time the FET.

so you didn't have to do Lupron shots? The estrogen and progesterone IM shots were leading up to the FET, right? Do you rememver how long you did them prior to FET? My previous clinic never did mock transfers but i think that is something that would be really helpful, so im hoping they do it as part of their protocol.

PP here. No Lupron shots for me, and I continued on estrogen after transfer until beta, although the dose went down. I started the progesterone just before transfer and continued it until beta as well. FWIW, the mock transfer did not lead to an easier transfer for me. They struggled with the catheter every time.

[Anonymous]

They only use Lupron in fresh transfers, so I was told. BC pills for a bit, then IM estrogen and progesterone as others said. No "scratching", yes to mock. My FET I just had a few weeks ago and the transfer failed.

[Anonymous]

We did a DE cycle which is very similar to a FET. We did a mock ET (the previous mock was 1 year prior), a HSG (had previous fibroid and polyp issues that they wanted to double check) and EPP (where I took the estrogen shots (that I had never taken before) to see how my lining responded.

So it took about 2 months to get the paperwork done, plus doing all the testing. Then a few weeks of BCP, then start the cycle like 11:16 said.

[Anonymous]

thanks to all! I have done an FET before with differnt clinic. They usually do lupron shots leading up to FET which I do not like, so it's good to hear that SG does it differently. hopefully sg is open to using progersterone suppositories instead as I can not do the progesterone shots. (I actually preferred them but I ended up losing feeling in one side of my hip for months)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:thanks to all! I have done an FET before with differnt clinic. They usually do lupron shots leading up to FET which I do not like, so it's good to hear that SG does it differently. hopefully sg is open to using progersterone suppositories instead as I can not do the progesterone shots. (I actually preferred them but I ended up losing feeling in one side of my hip for months)

It varies by doctor, but I did no shots for my protocol at SG because I faint with intramuscular injections. It took a few tries, but I'm pregnant so far (fingers crossed). My doc said the decrease in effectiveness is relatively small - i.e. 10% off of your previous chances, so if you had 40% chance of success, not doing shots brings it down to 36%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just did an FET at beginning of January with SG. I did have a mock transfer, even though I'd had a successful IVF pregnancy 2 years earlier. I was told that it's an important step in planning the actual transfer. The doc wants to be aware of any abnormalities in the uterus and it helps them know where to put the catheter when doing the actual embryo transfer.

I was on birth control pills for about 4 weeks to quiet my system. Started estrogen injections every 3rd night 2.5 weeks before transfer. Started the nightly progesterone injections 5 days before transfer.

My cycle was successful. If the pregnancy continues well, I'll be on the shots through the 10th week of pregnancy (end of Feb). So, about 10 weeks of shots altogether. It really hasn't been nearly as bad as I thought it would be. After the 1st two weeks of shots, my body seemed to adjust a bit and stop being quite so sore.

Best of luck!

+1 I could have written this exact post! I also had a successful IVF with SG (5 years ago instead of 2)... basically would have written the same post! Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Did anyone use pills instead of injections for their estrogen and progesterone?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone use pills instead of injections for their estrogen and progesterone?

I did and posted above about it. It wouldn't be "pills," though. It would be estrogen patches you put on your abdoment and vaginal inserts. (You probably know that, but some doctors still do actual pills, ugh.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone use pills instead of injections for their estrogen and progesterone?

I did and posted above about it. It wouldn't be "pills," though. It would be estrogen patches you put on your abdoment and vaginal inserts. (You probably know that, but some doctors still do actual pills, ugh.)

I have endometrium (inserts) and progersterone inserts from my last cycle. Hoping i dont have to spend extra money on patches and can just use what i currently have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone use pills instead of injections for their estrogen and progesterone?

I did and posted above about it. It wouldn't be "pills," though. It would be estrogen patches you put on your abdoment and vaginal inserts. (You probably know that, but some doctors still do actual pills, ugh.)

I have endometrium (inserts) and progersterone inserts from my last cycle. Hoping i dont have to spend extra money on patches and can just use what i currently have.

My insurance, which covers no fertility meds or treatments, covered the patches. They cost me $35...worth a shot to have the pharmacy run it.

[Anonymous]

My friend at SG was able to get the protocol changed so she could use suppositories and/or patches. But she had to really push and show a medical reason why she couldn't do the shots (severe allergic reaction, even after trying different oils). But when I asked, my doc would only let me do PIO every 3 days (along with estrogen shots) with suppositories in between. I ended up just doing the shots every day since I had no bad reactions.

So, OP, just be prepared for different docs allowing different protocols.