Sorry, I got my clinics mixed up! Dr Dickens (a she) mentioned that Dr. Tortoriello favored the lupron protocol

Dr. Davis is a he.

When I spoke with Dr Davis at Cornell, she mentioned that Dr. Toritoerllo favored a lupron protocol, although she said she didn't see any difference between this and the estrogen priming protocol. That's all I know.

OP here- has anyone heard or done the lupron stop protocol? I met with a new RE yesterday and he talked to me about the EPP and lupron stop protocol.

Forgot to add. Microdose Ovidrel was like 10 units (0.1ml?) of injection, so it was like 225.1/daily?

It was just 225/daily Gonal-F, no Menopur but I started taking microdose Ovidrel starting around day 6 or 7 of injection until told to stop. I was told this is to supplement LH for promoting healthy maturation of the follicles (Antagonist, in theory, prevents LH surge, so this is to counteract that Antagonist?).

I think microdose Ovidrel was used in place of Menopur.

Anonymous wrote:I had 6 follicles retrieved (all M2) and 5 of them normally fertilized. All 5 are still dividing on Day3. They are all at 8-cell/even sized stage with 2 (no fragmentation-text book); 3 (very very very little fragmentation). Freeze all of them on Day3.

Thanks for sharing! is 225 a total of Follistim+Menopur or just Follistim?

Anonymous wrote:I had 6 follicles retrieved (all M2) and 5 of them normally fertilized. All 5 are still dividing on Day3. They are all at 8-cell/even sized stage with 2 (no fragmentation-text book); 3 (very very very little fragmentation). Freeze all of them on Day3.

Those embryos sound really promising. Best of luck to you

Forgot to add. I haven't transferred any of the frozen embryo so no answer to the outcome of this approach. I am gearing for my FET soon.

I had 6 follicles retrieved (all M2) and 5 of them normally fertilized. All 5 are still dividing on Day3. They are all at 8-cell/even sized stage with 2 (no fragmentation-text book); 3 (very very very little fragmentation). Freeze all of them on Day3.

Anonymous wrote:I'm EPP-Antagonist-Lower dose poster. Initially, my RE wanted to repeat higher dose (Max 450/daily), but I insisted on trying the lower dose (225/daily) and my RE agreed. But before agreeing on this dosage, my RE warned me that I may not get as much M2 eggs as compared to the higher dose.
But, I'm at GW.

If you don't mind sharing, how many eggs/embryos did you have as a result of this?