This Is How Long It Took Once I Decided to Freeze My Eggs
It Took More Than 7 Months For Me to Freeze My Eggs — Here's What I Learned Along the Way
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Once I was finally comfortable with my levels, things moved very fast. You start the cycle on the second or third day of your period and have to give yourself daily injections for the next seven to 12 days (sometimes a little longer). I got my period the day I heard from Dr. Maslow on July 10, so I went in for my baseline testing two days later on July 12 and started my injections that night.
Between the call on July 10 and my next visit to Extend Fertility on July 12, I had a massive box of medications and supplies overnighted to me to prepare for the start of my cycle. It was delivered on July 11, and in it were needles, syringes, and seven days' worth of three different types of medication: Menopur and Follistim (used to stimulate follicle growth) and Ganirelix (which ensures as many follicles as possible keep growing, rather than the usual process in which only one or two are selected to mature and ovulate). Going through all of that was more than a little overwhelming, but once I got the materials organised, I felt very prepared to move forward.
The next day, at baseline testing at the clinic, I got my blood drawn (again) to determine my hormone levels and had another ultrasound done to count how many antral follicles could potentially grow throughout the cycle. This time, I had 16, and I was overjoyed. I thought the decision to wait had paid off, and I was going to come out of this thing with a ton of eggs. I got the go ahead that afternoon to start my injections that night.