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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poster from yesterday AM back. Since it’s helpful to you, OP,  I looked in my email & found one to my friend (the one who ended up at CCRM.). The super-neurotically detailed email is copied/pasted below - maybe you will find all of these details helpful as my friend did :) once again, all the best to you - this whole IF thing sucks.

“Hey! Here’s what I did.... ugh.
Did NOT use BCPs to time start; use natural ovulation as start date
(worried about oversuppression with a BCP start since my FSH was apparently 
high):

10 days past ovulation: estrogen patch (0.1 mg) -- replace every other day
12 days past ovulation: replace estrogen patch (0.1 mg)
14 days past ovulation: replace estrogen patch (0.1 mg)
day 1 of period: replace estrogen patch (0.1 mg)
day 2:  ULTRASOUND & blood work; 250 IU gonal-f, 75 IU menopur, continue patch
day 3:  250 IU gonal-f, 75 IU menopur, replace estrogen patch (0.1 mg)
day 4: 250 IU gonal-f, 75 IU menopur, continue patch
day 5: 250 IU gonal-f, 75 IU menopur, replace estrogen patch (0.1 mg)
day 6: ULTRASOUND & blood work; 250 IU gonal-f, 75 IU menopur, continue patch
day 7: 0.25 mg cetrotide, 250 IU gonal-f, 150 IU menopur [remove patch]
day 8: ULTRASOUND & blood work; 0.25 mg cetrotide, 200 IU gonal-f, 225
IU menopur
day 9: 0.25 mg cetrotide, 375 IU menopur
day 10: ULTRASOUND & blood work; 375 IU menopur, 250 ug ovidrel at 7:30 PM
day 11: no drug
day 12: retrieval (propofol; miss 1/2 day of work; can't drive the
whole day) -- used ICSI and assisted hatching -- got 8 eggs, 6 mature,
6 fertilized, 6 blasts
day 17: transfered 2 and froze the other 4 (supposed to be on bed rest
but had work & couldn't -- lied to Dr. about it, but obviously this
didn't affect the outcome...)

I also took doxycycline and a low dose of a steroid (I forget which
one) around the egg retrieval.  Started progesterone vaginal
suppositories (endometrin) after the retrieval and continued until
week 8 of pregnancy (She checked my progesterone levels at 7+ weeks
and since it was high enough I could stop, but she forgot to tell me
that).

All drugs were subcu injections, here's the name of the patch and a
list of the expensive stuff:
Estrogen patch (Vivelle, I think): 6 patches (0.6 mg)
gonal f: 1700 IU
menopur: 1500 IU
cetrotide: 0.75 mg
ovidrel: 25 ug”[/quote]

One more question.  I thought you were the one who initially said you did "Minimal stimulation starting with a few days of Clomid and leading into injections not to exceed 150 or 175 IUs of Follistim a day + no more than one vial of Menopur."  But in looking at this protocol more closely it doesn't seem like you did Clomid at all (or at least it's not listed in your rackup) and took higher levels of Follistim (250IUs) vs the 150-175IUs you mentioned initially.  Or did I misunderstand and you are two different posters?  I just want to make sure I understand as this is very helpful in figuring what I should do. Thanks so much!![/quote]

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