Buserelin no period before FET

[xrachx9]

Hi all

I'm currently in the process of having my first FET cycle. I started taking:

Zoladex on day 5

Buserelin on day 21

I have my baseline scan on Thursday which will be 2 weeks after I've started buserelin but I still haven't had my period!

I'm worried my cycle will get cancelled 😩

Has anyone else's period not came or been in the same situation?

Thanks!

[PenguinBlue]

Hello, when I did one of my cycles, the buserlin delayed my bleed for a few days, so my baseline scan was moved to a few days later too. I’d speak to the clinic and let them know, they’ll probably just move your scan appointment. Hopefully it won’t be cancelled 🤞🏽 But others may have different experiences x

[xrachx9 in reply to PenguinBlue]

Thanks. Did you take Zoladex too?

[PenguinBlue in reply to xrachx9]

Sorry, no I didn’t take Zoladex - just buserelin. I always found that being on the meds plus just general anxiousness for the upcoming cycle just naturally delayed my bleed (annoyingly!) x

[Purpledoggy]

On one of my rounds I ovulated late so did not start bleeding until around day 15/16 after starting buserelin. This was my successful round so no harm done! They will likely just ask you to come back a week later. xx

[xrachx9 in reply to Purpledoggy]

Congrats! I'm on day 13 and don't feel I'm going to come on at all! Did you take Zoladex too?

[Purpledoggy in reply to xrachx9]

I did not take Zoladex, just went straight onto the buserelin. I don’t know how it would affect timing of a bleed, just wanted to reassure you the buserelin bleeds can be variable and I doubt they’d cancel, just reschedule your scan. Good luck! Xx

[TTC1994]

hey! im currently in the same situation! this is my first round of ivf, im taking bruserlin have been for 16 days now I have my baseline scan tomorrow morning I did call clinic to say theirs no sign of my monthly and they told me to still come in... I don't bleed the best of times anyway so that's not helping! never wished to bleed so much in my life haha! hope we get sorted! keep me updated! good luck! xx

[Zeebee14]

Maybe I’m wrong but I thought buserelin is for down regulation, which simulates the menopause, therefore you won’t get a period?

I’m due to start buserelin on day 21 for the first time. Last time I was prescribed prostap for the same thing at a different clinic, and I didn’t get a period at all which was expected. X

[hazzahill12]

Hi I too took zolodex however I took it for nearly 6 months prior to my first cycle and then I started my buserelin it was day 21 but i didn’t have a period in fact that was what they were trying to do, avoiding me bleeding as I have endometriosis and adenomyosis. Again with my second cycle I spent 3 months on zolodex and then went on buserlin again day 21 and still no period for the second round but my clinic were not expecting me to bleed.

[xrachx9 in reply to hazzahill12]

Hey, thanks for replying! I am also on Zoladex for the same reason. When I rang up they didn't seem to know if I need to have a period or not! Its reassuring it was the case with you to not have a period. Did you have any success from your cycles? x

[hazzahill12]

We were never expecting high numbers due to my low AMH from the endometriosis and adenomyosis. With my 1st round we managed to get 3 eggs all 3 fertilised but only one normal this went on to a day 5 and I had a transfer unfortunately unsuccessful. 2nd round pretty much the same 3 eggs only 2 fertilised and only one normal again went onto a day 5 embryo I decided to freeze this one and look at a frozen transfer.I was only getting one from each cycle so was feeling disappointed but reassured the one I did get was of good quality. I then conceived naturally 2 months later before I started my 3 rd cycle. I currently have a 3 week old little boy, my miracle. I don’t know how but I believe a combination of zolodex stims and the ivf process helped. I was told my chances were 1% of success. So please keep your faith and hope that you will get your miracle.

[xrachx9 in reply to hazzahill12]

Oh wow thats amazing, congratulations! What a lovely ending.

I also got quite low numbers so only 2 embryos frozen but this will be my first transfer x

[hazzahill12 in reply to xrachx9]

Thank you I feel very blessed & incredibly lucky to have him. I think what I felt was the zolodex and stims supported getting the one top quality egg / embryo. I also took DHEA and Ubiquinicol

Good luck with your transfer

Please let me know how you get on. X

[Drives]

My period was also delayed taking Buserelin. I think the anxiety and stress also didn't help 🤦🏼‍♀️ give your clinic and call and I'm sure they will just move things back a little. Hopefully it won't be cancelled. Wishing you all the very best x

[MomaJoni]

Can you provide an update on this? Currently on buserelin and no bleed in site. Day 15.

[xrachx9 in reply to MomaJoni]

Hey. I was on Zoladex too which meant I actually didn't need to have a period as everything was already shut down x

[MomaJoni in reply to xrachx9]

Oh okay. Thanks for the update