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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Protocol 2 with Testosterone

That's the heading on my protocol from CCRM. I don't get much of a result when I google it. It doesn't seem to be one of the Top 3 choices out there. Not sure why, but probably due to my age (41) and a low AMH value (was 0.01 now 0.3).

I was also surprised to see the variety of medications listed on it for both priming and the actual cycle.
I expected to take birth control in my priming cycle but instead I have to take a combination of
  • Doxycycline (Day 1 to 10) 
  • Estrace ( Day 1 to 25)
  • Testosterone (Day 4 to 25)
  • Progestorone Prometrium (Day 16 to 25)
plus the Female Vitamin Cocktail CCRM prefers

Now lets see how I deal with the mix of hormones. Never thought I would take a combination of those 3, but there are a lot of " I never thought I would " moments during this IVF adventure