u/schokominzi

Hi again,
I am looking for experiences and opinions on my current situation:

35 yo, 2nd freezing cycle, AFC = 30
amh = I didn't ask but doctor was happy about it as it testified "large ovarian reserve"

Stims:
day 1 - 7 = Menopur 225
day 8 - 9 = Menopur 150
day 10 (today) = will do Menopur 75 this evening.

Today's checkup gave at least 18 follicles at mature size - then the doc started measuring (though she said there were more).

Context: On Monday I was told that it was between Friday and next Monday for my retrieval (my clinic doesn't operate on weekends). On Wednesday afternoon I was told that the ER was going to be Monday. By Wednesday evening I started feeling a lot of side effects - discomfort in abdominal area, heavy legs, very bloated. On my checkup this morning (Friday, day 10 of stims) they told me that my oestrogen hat skyrocketed and that all my side effects were very understandable and that I was clearly overstimulated. Though neither the doc nor the nurse were worried about after the retrieval; they just said that recovery could be a bit more uncomfortable.

I will trigger tomorrow night with decapeptyl (2 doses of powder that I have to mix into one syringe).

Personally, I am panicking. I am wondering whether the fact that my clinic doesn't operate on weekends is going to ruin my process. I feel like I would have been perfectly ripe for a Saturday or Sunday operation and am wondering if waiting for Monday is pulling it too far (not that I have a choice). I don't feel good in my bloated achy body and its so hard to wait til Monday.

Someone else in this forum said they insisted on being triggered early due to a similar weekend-situation and that it worked really well.
In my case, obviously, it is too late and I now have to wait out the weekend. I guess the fact that they lowered my dosage of Menopur in the last two days, and they continued to lower for today, is reassuring in a way, but I just can't help but wonder whether some mistakes were made.

I am panicking both at the idea of maybe ovulating early or some follicles maturing "too much" but even more at the idea of getting OHSS, and especially getting a blood clot. I have been very very afraid of the latter, I don't know why.

Can anybody reassure me? Or am I scared for a good reason? Has anyone else had this issue with the weekend coming in between possible retrieval dates?

Thank you for reading my panicky lines :-)

Hi!
Since I started participating in this reddit somewhat desperately after my first round of egg freezing in february which didn't go very well, I thought I'd share a follow up.

On my first round I stimmed for 13 days on 200 Gonal F and ended up with 17 follicles but only 6 eggs (the rest of the follicles were empty), of which 4 could be frozen.

I've since decided to do another round to hopefully get more peace of mind (having more than 4 eggs in the freezer would correspond more to the relative reassurance I was hoping for, and also very curious to know if this was just a bad cycle or if something else is wrong).

For financial reasons, this will be my last freezing cycle.

The doctors put me on 225 menopur this time. I've just been to my day 8 check up (day 6 of stims) and there are 16 noteworthy follicles (8 on each side).

I think I am in a slightly better situation regarding my general health/stress levels and spring has been good for my psychological wellbeing :-) maybe that's going to have a positive impact. Apart from that I haven't changed anything in particular, just that the prenatal vitamins I've been taking since just before my first freezing cycle have maybe had time to have more of an effect.

The retrieval will likely be on Friday or on Monday (my clinic doesn't do them on weekends), which worries me slightly (I thought that one day more or less could make a difference about the success of the retrieval) - does anyone have any infos on that? How usual is it to operate/not operate on weekends and do you think it has impacts on the success of the process?

Thanks in advance :-)