i am having infertility treatment from last yearfirst my doc asked me to take iui treatment which failed becoz of high dose of ld injections.den my doc asked me to take icsi which also failed .now she has put me on down regulation and was saying dat it will be called long protocole .may i know whats that and if it will work?
Hi, IVF has different types of protocols. The most common ones are long and short protocol. In short protocol they start the regimen on the first day of your period. Long protocol of IVF means that they will first be suppressing your eggs before the period day; that is for around 10 days prior to period they will give you hormones to suppress your ovaries. Then they will stop the hormones which will result in period. And the next set of hormonal medication called agonist protocol will be started. Which protocol to be used is decided by the fertility doctor depending on the patients factors. The long protocol is the most commonly used one. Hope this helps. Regards.