Yesterday afternoon I snuck out of work to meet with Dr. Foong and go over the plans for our upcoming FET. She had a resident with her, which seems really common (I've had residents at two other appointments as well), and I always sort of feel bad for them. One of the last residents was male, and you could tell he was awkwardly trying to display compassion and sympathy, but was sort of uncomfortable with the whole thing. The resident yesterday was female and she didn't utter a word, just stared at me, which I could see out of the corner of my eye. AWK-ward!
So here's the DL: it'll be a totally typical FET protocol. I call in with AF and at some point in that cycle start on Suprefact nasal spray to suppress everything. I should have a bleed, and then I start taking estrogen to build my lining. After a few blood tests and ultrasounds to confirm everything looks as it should, I start the progesterone to further build up my lining. If all is good and there is a nice cushy home for the embryos, they do the transfer about five or six days after starting the progesterone.
We have two day six blasts. The fact that these two made it to blast is a good sign, however because we know I probably have egg quality issues, they may still have issues with thaw and implantation. Dr. Foong gave us an 80% to 90% thaw success rate, which is pretty good. She's recommending we transfer both (I would push for it if she didn't suggest it) and gave us a 30% chance of success.
Derek and I have discussed the option of doing Rob's Cocktail/CCRM Immune Protocol with this FET. We're still going to do a bit of research, but he's mostly on board if the risks are low. This would be something we do on our own, as the RFC does not address immune system issues with any of their programs. As well, I'm committing to at least six weeks of gluten free eating to calm everything down (which is easy because Derek is Celiac, so no gluten in the house).
It'll still be a couple of months before we're at the point of transfer, but it's coming! Hopefully by early summer we have a different future to look forward to.
