Sorry CP......I have been taking prednisone from 2 days after O day....made a mistake there. we are doing IUI this month while we regroup our finances after paying out $2500 in vets bills over Easter so what we did was start the prednisone 2 days after insemination which was technically O day. Lyndon said this would correlate with a normal 2 day transfer day...so you are correct it is ET day not EPU day........I have been reading a fascinating book by Dr. Alan beers who is the man who pioneered this work. He even reccommends prednisone for up to three months before conceiving as he believes it improves the egg quality as well. he explains in detail how the NK cells affect the quality of the top layer of eggs in the ovaries....is very interesting stuff. so with that in mind, if we are not pregnant this month I will only be weaning back to a 10 mg dose to test his theory out somewhat.....I also have a nasty shoulder injury that needs some attention with cortisone/prednisone so my regular docs are happy for me to this in the shortish term.
When I weaned off after the miscarriage in Nov, we cut back by 5 mg a day till we were down to 5mg then 5mg every second day for a few days then 5 mg every 3 days for a few days and then off...worked well...took two weeks all up to wean off them. I think because we had only been on them for four weeks it was easier to wean back....if you have been on them for longer you would have to reduce more slowly......
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