Just got back from a weekend in Florida and it was just what we needed, quick getaway from everything. The weather was wonderful.
Monday was back to reality when we had our phone consult with Dr. Saleh from SIRM Dallas. He basically said because of my partial hysterectomy, my ovary function has decreased so therefore I am producing eggs as a 42 yr old and he gives me only 30% of success.:( I was devastated once again. My local RE has said as a result of never having any frozen embryos for someone my age and the embryo quality was due to my decreased ovarian function (blood flow). Dr. Saleh would do the estrogen priming protocol for me and he has suggested doing acupuncture and pycogenyol (pine bark) for 2 months to let my ovaries rest.
Before we left to Fla, we had a phone consult with Dr. Sher SIRM Vegas. He seemed very knowledgeable about different protocols. I even asked him about how my decreased ovary function resulting in bad embryos and bad eggs. He said that was bogus and he did not believe that was the case. He would use the agonist/antagonist protocol on me and use luveris instead of menopur. He writes a blog and seems to be on the search for different protocols and different combination of medications. He restored some of my hope until Monday came around. Sigh.
I don't know what to think anymore. I have two more phone consults, next week with Dr. School and then a week after with Dr. Sargutso ( Shady Grove). I hope they have better news for me but I doubt it. I need to accept the fact that my chances of having a baby are slim to none.
And then after all that, I hear that Chris Daughtery and his wife, 37 who had a partial hysterectomy in 2006 are having twins through a surrogate. What clinic did they go to? Who was their RE? Did they use donor eggs? I want to be on her protocol!! And on top of that after 6 IVF cycles, Celine at 42 is pregnant with twins. So I guess there is a little glimpse of hope??????????
The problem with getting so many opinions is that they are all going to suggest different things. Now you'll have to weed through and figure out which plan is right for you! I'll be really interested to see what Dr. Sch has to say about your file. CCRM, by all accounts, definitely seems to have a lot of experience with difficult cases, so hopefully his plan will give you some hope!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for posting on my blog...just so you know, I did not go to see Dr. Sher. My IVFs were all done by the fertility specialists at my clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Like you, I did a ton of research on different protocols, and found information on the Agonist/Antagonist Conversion protocol with estrogen priming. I sent Dr. Sher an e-mail to find out more, but he never responded. So I broached the idea with my RE and he agreed to try it. All in all, I guess you could say it was a great protocol because it gave me my son. There are a LOT of drugs involved, though, which was daunting at first.
Good luck with everything - I wish you every happiness in the world.
Hi There! Thanks for posting on my blog. I traveled 1.5 hrs to a dr in Albany, NY that i just knew was going to get us pregnant. I did one ivf but my lining was thin so i knew it wouldn't work. My protocol was estrace, follistim, PIO and lovenox. Lovenox was just experimental and honestly i don't think thats what helped. My first ivf i didn't use the PIO. I used crinone only. When i did my FET i used PIO. I am positive that's what helped my embies stick. It's a horrible shot but its the "glue" that i needed. I hope this helps you! Just wanted to say that having twins is very hard. It's great to want them (like i did) but it's alot of hard work once they are here. They are 5 mos old and i haven't slept a full night since 7wks pregnant lol...we def hit the baby lottery though. We have 2 very healthy babies. GL to you! I hope all of your dreams come true.
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