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Vaginal estrogen tablets starting at cd1, blood test day 3, ultrasound and blood test around day 10 for lining. Then progesterone shots added until transfer and a five day steroid. Transfer and no more estrogen but continued the progesterone. Had two chemical pregnancies but that had more to do with me and the horrible doctor I had at the time.

Good luck.

About a month prior I started BCP. I had a baseline ultrasound to make sure everything was quiet and given the ok to stop the pill and start Lupron. A week after Lupron I had a blood draw and was given the ok to start estrogen patches and progesterone. I would change my patches every third day. I went from wearing two to wearing four. I had my blood drawn weekly to make sure my levels were ok. After two weeks of that I had another ultrasound to check my lining. It was nice and thick so the transfer was scheduled for a few days later. On transfer day I took a Valium and drank tons of water to fill my bladder. We transferred two embryos. I was on bed rest for a couple of days and took it easy for the rest of the tww. I had to continue wearing the estrogen patches and taking progesterone during that time as well. The cycle ended with a bfn. I'm getting ready to do it again next month.

My RE does things a little different in that he does not do any fresh transfers. So you go through the egg retrieval and then the embryos are frozen - mine at day 5. You take a month off and then do a FET the following month.

I did a natural FET cycle. What this means is that there was very little I had to do before the FET. I used OPKs to test for ovulation and then went in on the day that I got a positive for a scan. I then had to do a trigger shot and we did the actual FET five days later. I was not on any estrogen primming. If I remember correctly, the only thing that I was on was an antibiotic and doxycycline (a steroid). After the FET I had to do progesterone suppositories (no shots!). The day of the FET I took a valium and had a full bladder (which was seriously the worst part). We only transferred one embryo and we got a BFP that cycle. The FET was really easy to do.

My RE has a very similar process as @justdarling: I just did my ER on Oct 31st and now I'm on a 2 month break and plan to do my FET on January 28th. My list of meds to get for my FET in early Jan are: Delestrogen, Estrace, Progesterone in oil & Medrol.