The first stage is known as the suppression stage - this is where the patient is given medications to suppress the ovaries from functioning on their own in order to "prime" them to be stimulated medically. This usually starts one of 2 ways - either with birth control (so crazy right??) or estrogen patches. Since I have a lower AMH level I will be doing the latter and using estrogen. After speaking with my nurse I was informed of the next steps which includes testing for ovulation in 10 days until I get a positive or peak. At that point we will pay our deposit and PGS fee to SGF and they will order my many medications! Luckily I have some insurance coverage for infertility but we still will be paying about $10,000 out of pocket for ONE round of IVF. This is basically like gambling a $10,000 hand on black...waiting to see where the roulette ball falls. I am optimistic though and keeping happy thoughts.
So now I am just waiting for Day 10 to come!
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