Robors- your explanation really helped understand because my dr mentioned doing clomid and menopur next cycle and I was wondering why i wouldn't just do menopur by itself given that clomid gave me thin lining but i guess it's because menopur doesn't stimulate the follies just helps them grow once they are stimulated.... hmmmm. such a bummer i don't respond to follistim. clomid is a drag... it gave me cysts too.
I'm currently on both meds menopur and gonal f and today they called me tonight i only take menopur and ganarelix only today and back to the clinic for ultrasound and lab in the am menopur is stimulate egg production and mature the eggs to release for ovulation and gonal f is a follicle stimulating only.
Menopur is actually a natural FSH and LH (comes from the urine of menopausal nuns - this is what dr told me) and gonal F and Follistim are FSH only and are not natural - it is made from synthetic FSH. I think most women do fine on the synthetic except for me. For some reason I am not compatible with that type of FSH. I was on follistim for my last IUI and although i had lots of follies - they never got bigger than a 6 or 8mm. Dr switched me to menapur 5 days before IUI and i got 2 nice size follies on my left (had i been on it earlier maybe i would have done better? anyway - IUI didn't work:( ) Perhaps your DR is prescribing gonal F because i think it might be a bit cheaper and the pens are definitely easier then all the mixing you have to do with menopur. If you feel uncomfortable taking gonal F definitely ask your dr about it. good luck!!!
when i did IUI, i just did gonal F.
produced 3 good follies, but BFN
this last cycle was IVF and i used gonal F in the morning and at night, as well as menopur at night and it resulted in a BFP (4w2d pregnant)
Thanks for your answer! did you have to use both at once? or did you try them in two different cycles, and both worked? Just nervous that this should work for me first time, just as the menopur worked first time!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHOOPS, typo...
menopur is a combinationof follitism and lutenizing hormone (not lupron-which is another common drug many of us tool)
menopur is a combination of follitism and lupron; gonal F is follitism.
i took both for my IVF.
good luck!