Dr. Q: Novarel Trigger Shot

Winter
KAN

May 19, 2008

I took my trigger shot at 8:30 tonight. I mixed 2cc of water with all the hcg powder. I then injected 1cc of hcg subcanteously. Will I ovulate before the retrieval on Wednesday at 8am? or Will the Lupron Depot keep me from ovulating? Will the hcg shot continue to mature my follicles?

May 20, 2008

The hCG will mature your eggs and is essential for this, your eggs should now go from Meiosis I to Meiosis II...

The Lupron was given so that your body wouldn't produce a premature LH surge, so very unlikely you had one and thus since the hCG shot acted as the LH surge, you shouldn't ovulate before the retrieval..

*****BabyDust*****

May 20, 2008

However, make sure that you were supposed to take all fluid (in your case 2cc) and have all of that injected, otherwise you may have given yourself half the dose (5,000) since you used 1cc instead of 2cc, which some centers do perform in certain circumstances...
Winter
KAN

May 20, 2008

Yes, I was just suppose to take 1cc. Is this because they are scared of OHSS?

May 20, 2008

Sounds very much reasonable and for this reason, many centers do half the dose of hCG...