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ICSI First Time. Short Protocol. Any success stories/advise/tips etc

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Sherr33 · 20/09/2023 14:43

Good Afternoon my lovely people. I'm in a somewhat okay mood right now. I was SO nervous I felt sick and was sweating profoundly when it was time for our appointment today. It was a face to face which I had arranged as prior to this we had only spoken to our consultant over the phone and it just didn't seem quite right. I told the dr how I felt which he said was quite normal as things were moving closer to the actual cycle.

I am 33 years my AMH according to him is on the lower end of normal at 17.4 and my partners sperm results were borderline. Which is why they have suggested ICSI. He said I would be on the short protocol (for some reason I thought it was going to be long) This means I'll start my meds when I start my menstrual cycle? With myself sometimes I have like reddish tinged discharge and then 2 days itl be just reddish tinge when I wipe and then I get my full flow. He said the day I notice red bleed is my period but that doesn't answer my question....is anyone 3lse like me? Where they have light tinge and then full flow? Did you have short protocol? When did you start meds?

Also anyone from the UK thats gone through Yorkshire Fertility? What meds were used in the short protocol? How much time did the short protocol take? How many scans on average during the process?

Oh and another thing he mentioned because AMH was lower end last year when checked he is going to assume i5s got lower so may increase the dosage for me.

Erm I asked about the progesterone to have in injection form he said I would still need to have a pessary too just so I have enough inmy system as one injection does not equate to the amount required. Is there anyone on here who used the injections? Or both injection/pessary? Anyone used pessaries only where did you insert? My worry is if I do it vaginally il meddle with my ph balance and cause thrush etc and also rectally/vaginal I may waste more than is actually going in my system? :-/

I am now waiting for the nurses consultation so I can start signing the papers.

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MoonlightDreamer · 20/09/2023 15:12

Hi there. I'm due to start icsi on my next bleed.
My periods are similar, always start super light and I never know the true date of the 'first ' day.
I was going to bring this upto the clinic on Saturday to ask their opinion.
I'm starting on bemfola 150iu for 5 days

Sherr33 · 20/09/2023 16:26

@MoonlightDreamer ooo if you get an answer please let me know. Im not sure when we officially start now. I thought it would be next month but :-/

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Sherr33 · 20/09/2023 16:28

@MoonlightDreamer also my consultant wasnt overly bothered by it but I don't know how to feel about it. Did your clinic say why that happens?

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JadeAC · 03/10/2023 14:04

I have similar type cycle and the nurse told me my day 1 is when I wake up and it’s a bleed that would need a tampon/sanitary towel so I called on that day even though there had been a little blood for 3 days.

Sherr33 · 04/10/2023 14:30

@JadeAC thank you for that! I really appreciate it.

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