Hi everyone,
I know this question has probably been asked a hundred times on this board, but I can't get the search function to work.
My gestational carrier is 10 weeks pregnant with twins. It's taken us 9 fresh cycles and a large number of FET's with 3 transfers to a surrogate and some early m/c's to get to this point so, needless to say, I'm very nervous and over analyzing everything.
My RE said she should stop the medications (she was on PIO daily and 1 combined estrogen/progesterone suppository daily and estrogen injections twice a week). I am really concerned about her stopping them so early. She's at 10 weeks. I've heard of others staying on them until 12 weeks. I asked him if we could at least continue just one more week and his response was to \"follow the protocol\". I asked if we could test her levels before she goes off them and he said \"not necessary.\" ARGHH!
My surrogate is willing to take the meds for a bit longer. The problem is she's now out of the suppositories and estrogen with no refills left. She only has PIO left. I'm struggling between having her take her dose of progesterone every other day for another week or taking half her usual dose every day for an additional week. Here is the problem. It's my impression that extra PIO can't hurt but I'm wondering if it's a problem if she's not also still getting the estrogen?
Does anyone have any input/thoughts?
Staci