Extension of lucin jabs

Wed 12 Nov 2008
Did a estradiol bloodtest and scan today at 8am and was told to call back between 3pm and 4pm for the results.

The results will determine whether i can start on puregon the next day or the lucrin jabs have to be extended.

Time flew by as i was busy with reading up for my exams on Friday, before you know it, my mobile rang with Nurse Phua on the line.

She said that i have to collect the puregon meds on Sat 22 Nov and continue with the lucrin jabs as "hormones are not properly suppressed". I ask her how did they know that by 22 Nov, hormones will bor perhaps i am just being sensitive...but .. but.. my questions still left hanging in my mind.

I'm puzzled. there was no baseline test before i started on lucrin, so how did they know the hormones level is not suppressed properly? is there a fixed number that all women have to meet or is it subjective to indiv level?

there is no planned bloodtest 11 days later - so how do they know that 11 days later, the hormones will be sufficiently suppressed?

and how did they come up with 11 days, why not 7 days, 9 days or 12 days, it seems random to me since there is no blood test to test the level of estradoil again, how do they know that hormones will be suppressed by then?

another question, does the extension of the lucrin mean that the lining of the womb will be thicker and hence reduce the success of implantation?

so many questions and no answers.