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12-19-2012 at 10:09 AM
strudel82
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14 days of stims? (sig warning)

Wasn't going to post about this on the boards since it seems like there are very few people on this path, but ...

I'm in the process of becoming a gestational surrogate (though had my own via DE since I have no ovaries) and my intended parents' donor has been stimming for 14 days, retrieval would be on day 16. When we did DE, our donor only stimmed for 10 days, so I'm worried about this donor stimming so long. Anyone know anything about success rates with slow responders?


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12-19-2012 at 10:40 AM
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It can happen. My donor stimmed for 15 nights and it wasn't a good thing inb our case but Lynn0926's donor stimmed for the same and she got great eggs- is currently 27 weeks with twins. Has this donor done it before? In Lynn's case, her do or was proven and they knew she was a slow stimmer.  I was worried too but it can be fine.

I am amazed you are being a surrogate!!! Amazing thing to do sweetie :-). Do you know your intended parents?  Also, curious on why you have no ovaries? I have to remove mine "soon" and wondering how you feel without them--did you take HRT? Pm me if you want to talk off line. 



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12-19-2012 at 11:44 AM
liz4paws
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It is a little longer than usual, but it doesn't necessarily mean you should worry quite yet. :) Everyone's ovaries are different and it's hard to say going into a cycle how someone is going to respond. Her RE may have started her off at a low dose thinking she'd respond well to it, but found out as they went along that she needed more - thus lengthening the stimming time. If thats the case, had they started her off at a higher dose, the length of days might have been shortened. There's really no way of knowing what the outcome will be just from the length of stimming alone. All in all, I wouldn't worry about it, but look forward to hearing how the ER and fert reports go.

I also wanted to echo MrsMcIrish's sentiments about how amazing it is that you are a gestational surrogate. What an incredible INCREDIBLE gift!


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12-19-2012 at 1:25 PM
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I stimed for i think 18 days my first IVF, its ok, dont worry yet!

What a wonderful thing you are doing!


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12-20-2012 at 6:39 PM
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Don't worry...I was told it's all about the hormone levels. My doctor told me it's ok to sacrifice an egg or two to get like 6 more. When I was stimming they thought I had 15 eggs and actually 21 were mature. =)

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12-20-2012 at 7:01 PM
Gr8te
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Don't worry...I was told it's all about the hormone levels. My doctor told me it's ok to sacrifice an egg or two to get like 6 more. When I was stimming they thought I had 15 eggs and actually 21 were mature. =)

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IVF #1 w/ICSI & IMSI, 12/03/12: ER: 27R, 20M, 15F
4 blasts frozen (3BA 4BA 4BB 5BB) b/c of moderate OHSS
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