One major change from the treatment protocol I had last time is the fact that instead of injecting the antagonist in the evening an hour after the follicle stimulating hormone, I now need to inject the antagonist in the morning. I asked my new nurse why the treatment protocols had changed. She replied that an expert visited the clinic in April and advised that these cycles tended to have better success when the antagonist was given the next morning.
I was mildly annoyed as I had treatment in July and I had been told to inject in the evening. I asked my nurse about this. The reply, “it takes time to do a proper literature search so it was not adopted as a procedure until June or July this year.” Of course, indicated that my treatment was in July so why was I not told of this. She suggested that maybe the treatment was adopted after I commenced. Maybe! Maybe! Wouldn’t you kind of think it might actually be a good thing to know – especially after spending countless dollars on the treatment and having what is starting to become countless failures.
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I’m interested in the Antagon shot being delivered in the morning. I will actually be doing Cetrotide. Any information you can give me, like references, would be great.
thanks, Phoebe
P.S. I saw your post on the Stirrup Queen’s Ballroom 40+ thread
Hi Phoebe,
Just to let you know I purchase my medications and antagonist shots at the clinic so when I go for an Ultrasound and Blood Test, I buy enough to last me to the next blood test and ultrasound. It sounds like you are interested in understanding why it is better to take the antagonist shot in the morning instead of the evening. It all got very technical so my eyes glazed over when my nurse explained it to me but I’ll be at the clinic again tomorrow so I’ll ask her again and get some references to the information if you are interested.
Kind regards
Carol