2 Outta 2 Ain't Bad
2 follicles and 1 cyst yielded 2 eggs. So I am hopeful. 100% retrieval and fertilization rates are more the thing I am used to. I hope these little guys are normal and fertilize. Grow! Grow! Grow!
[Note: Dr. Italian sent me an email a few hours after this post to tell me that both eggs were mature!!! I am so happy!]
On another note, I found a study that is being done out of UCSF's IVF program where they are finding success with doing an hCG trigger WITH 450iu (6 amps) of gonadotropin (ie, Gonal-F). There initial study write up is here. Yes, it's a double blind study...all good protocols followed. :-)
They have preliminary data in and it was published in Fertility & Sterility, Vol 90, Suppl 1, September 2008 which you can get online at Elsvier for $4.95. Roughly, the findings are that IT WORKS.
hCG trigger + 450iu FSH:
Fert Rate: 79.2%
Clinical Preg Rate: 60.0%
Ongoing Preg Rate: 45.7%
hCG trigger + placebo
Fert Rate: 69.6%
Clinical Preg Rate: 47.1%
Ongoing Preg Rate: 38.2%
I brought Dr. Italian a copy of the study and he agreed that if we do another cycle that we'll do a Gonal-F/hCG trigger next cycle.
I am praying that I don't need another cycle to test this out on.
[Note: Dr. Italian sent me an email a few hours after this post to tell me that both eggs were mature!!! I am so happy!]
On another note, I found a study that is being done out of UCSF's IVF program where they are finding success with doing an hCG trigger WITH 450iu (6 amps) of gonadotropin (ie, Gonal-F). There initial study write up is here. Yes, it's a double blind study...all good protocols followed. :-)
They have preliminary data in and it was published in Fertility & Sterility, Vol 90, Suppl 1, September 2008 which you can get online at Elsvier for $4.95. Roughly, the findings are that IT WORKS.
hCG trigger + 450iu FSH:
Fert Rate: 79.2%
Clinical Preg Rate: 60.0%
Ongoing Preg Rate: 45.7%
hCG trigger + placebo
Fert Rate: 69.6%
Clinical Preg Rate: 47.1%
Ongoing Preg Rate: 38.2%
I brought Dr. Italian a copy of the study and he agreed that if we do another cycle that we'll do a Gonal-F/hCG trigger next cycle.
I am praying that I don't need another cycle to test this out on.
posted by linda at 6:11 PM
Comments on "2 Outta 2 Ain't Bad"
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musicmakermomma said ... (9:59 AM) :
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Unknown said ... (11:44 AM) :
post a commentNo more cycles! You are wonder woman - 2 mature eggies at your AMA - hahaha! Love it. Thanks for your support on my blog - wish I had better news, but you'll have to carry the banner this time round! Good luck -
MMM,
I am happy for what I've got at my age, but just a few months ago (in October) I retrieved 4 good ones. One embryo was too fragmented to put back in but I had three good ones. So it's just crazy how things change in a small amount of time at my age.
5 years ago, with my first IVF, I had 10 eggs, and my second IVF I had 14 or 15. It's just a downward spiral.
I hope that one of these little guys is the one. I'll get my call today at some point as to whether they made it through the night.