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Anyone Here Doing Ivf- Or In The Past?

breann6

By breann6
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breann6 Contributor
breann6
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We have undergone two cycles of IVF= plus two of the same drugs with IUI all before gluten free. Now- We are planning to cycle again soon- thinking early spring- which has me wondering if the drugs are gluten free or not.

I will be on a mix of follistim and gonal-F with repronex. my trigger is generic hCG- ovidril. the progesterone is in sesame oil i think and the estrogen is the patch Vivelle Bravo- unless its switched to Estrogen in Oil like our previous cycles, and of course the worst of them all Lupron. and the bcp- don't have a brand yet.

reading the labels on most of them are like reading another language!

thanks in advance :)

~breann

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Electra
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I was on clomid and Repronex when I conceived my miscarriage. Then I was on Gonal F when I got pregnant with my 2 yr. old daughter!! Clomid has a tendancy to thin some people's lining and cause them to miscarry. I'm pretty sure that's what happened to me. I'm not sure about Gluten, but I didn't have much of a reaction from any of the drugs I was on. I do know that Repronex is made from the urine of menopausal women, so the chance that it has gluten in it is probably pretty high. Good Luck and I'll be wishing that you see ++++++++'s!!

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Oh I forgot to say that my two cycles were not IVF cycles they were IUI cycles!! Good Luck!!

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breann6
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thanks for the reply. i tried clomid too, and suprisingly didn't thin my lining at all neither did the letrozole, but the progesterone was better on letrozole than clomid. and no where near the side effects of clomid on the let.

the injectables i will have to check on- i would think they would refine down to a molecular level of just the hormone, where gluten wouldn't be present but i could be wrong....hopefully thats the case...

take care!

~breann

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blueeyedmanda
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I took both FollistimQ--the pen injection and Lupron. The only side effect I had was a little stomach discomfort the first few nights on the Follistim. Other than that it was fairly smooth sailing. :)

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I took both FollistimQ--the pen injection and Lupron. The only side effect I had was a little stomach discomfort the first few nights on the Follistim. Other than that it was fairly smooth sailing. :)

I just did my 1st IUI/clomid cycle this month (yesterday IUI) and I had a terrible stomach ache and bloating from the trigger injection (Hcg) Otherwise not gluten type effects. It's interesting, I never thought to ask about it.

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GFmonkeii Newbie
GFmonkeii
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I thought we don't need to worry about the contents of injections? Isn't it that only whatever you take through your mouth must be gluten-free? As it's our intestine that reacts, so if anything goes straight to your blood stream it surpasses the digestive tract?

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I have completed cycles on clomid and Menopur (injections) with no adverse reactions (re: gluten) --- although I was suspect of the progesterone and the possibility of a slight reaction to that. I also used ovadril on at least 4 cycles with no problems.

I'm transitioning between dr's right now, but I'll be calling re: the progesterone before we start up again.

Good luck -- wishing you +!

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