Hello Dr. Sher.
I have a question about the Agonist/Antagonist Conversion protocol
I am to start this protocol, and I wonder if it matters if I use Menopur or Gonal-F/Follistim during the stimulation? The reason for this question is that I have done 7 stimulation cycles, and in two of them, I was put on Gonal-F, and they both failed to yield any eggs, and the follicles grew slowly. The doctor I am currently seeing put me on the second round of gonal-F the first week. Then it changed to pergoveris for a few days, and then back to Gonal-F and Meriofert. Slow growing follicles, and no eggs.
I told him that I would rather not be put on this medication again, as it seems to be a proven failure with me. He has suggested our next stimulation be an Agonist/Antagonist Conversion protocol, and that seems promising on paper. Untill I read the list of medications, where he wants me on follistim, witch is the same as Gonal-F, just with a different name, and a very small dose of menopur.
So my question is with this protocol, that I understand might help syncronise my follical growth, and hopefully get a more syncronised growth, is it a good reason to use Gonal-F or follistim instead of just 300iu menopur from the start?