SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOLLOWING YOUR EMBRYO TRANSFER
- Complete Medrol 4 mg x 14 total days, as you have been doing (unless you have a day 5 or day 6 embryo transfer, in which case Medrol administration will finish prior to embryo transfer). Medrol may be required to continue . dose of 4 mg daily in some instances; do not continue Medrol unless otherwise specified.
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Continue progesterone in oil 1 cc (50 mg) single injection nightly, or progesterone 400mg vaginal capsules twice daily, or vaginal capsules 200mg 3x daily (morning, afternoon, and night), as you have been doing
- Begin Estrace 2 mg oral tablets – take 1 tablet the evening of embryo transfer, then 1 tablet twice daily starting the day after your embryo transfer, to continue until otherwise specified.
- This is a plant-derived natural estrogen given to support embryo implantation and the resulting pregnancy
- It is safe to use after embryo transfer and in pregnancy
- Administration the night of embryo transfer and continues through the 9th week gestation
