While eating lunch this afternoon, I remembered the name of one of the medications I had seen someone mention in their IVF protocol that had to do with implantation: Medrol. It's been stuck in my head for the past few weeks, so I decided to look it up and see what it was all about and why it was used during IVF. I remember asking my RE about it last cycle, but he said that it was usually only used for people doing a FET (Frozen embryo transfer) and because we were doing a fresh cycle, it wasn't necessary. So, I did some research today and lo-and-behold one of the links that came up was for my RE's office. The link stated that they usually add it to the FET/IVF protocol and they add it when women use Assisted Hatching because there's some evidence that it can help with implantation and decrease the likelihood that the embryos will be thought of as foreign invaders and be rejected (a common problem in failed implantation). Right away, I picked up the phone and called the RE's office, since I hadn't seen Medrol on my list of meds for this cycle. The nurse called back a few minutes later and said that the RE had already ordered it for this cycle. It wasn't on the meds list because they only prescribe it right before the retrieval and since it's common, they just let you pick it up at the local pharmacy rather than ordering it through mail order (which is how I get the rest of my meds).
It's nice to be on the same page as the RE again. It means that I'm on the right track with all my worrying and he's on the right track with my protocol. I'm taking it as a good sign.
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I think it's awesome that you are so on the ball with everything-IVF. Sounds from your previous posts that you'll be plenty busy between now and the retrieval.
I'm glad the chiro is going well too. Have you mentioned your headaches/migraines to him? Perhaps he'll have an adjustment he can do for that too. Are you trying to avoid your migraine meds during this time?
I'm thinking good thoughts for you! :)
Yes, the main reason I'm really going to the chiro is for the migraines. He said that there's a lot of evidence that chiro can help migraines and since I AM trying to avoid the migraine meds right now, I figured I might as well try something that helps more than one problem!
Medrol is a steroid, right? Methylprednisolone if I remember correctly. That's really interesting how they use it for IF. It does somewhat suppress the immune system so it would make sense that they would use it to keep the embryos from being rejected. I hope it does the trick!!
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