Natural cycle success?
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Anonymous
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We have gone through 6 non tested embryos.
5 pregnancies. 3 chemical, 2 blighted ovum. RE thinks it’s embryo quality and we are prepping for a second egg retrials with new donor sperm (we are a same-sex couple). My wife and I have had numerous tests done and all normal. With the second egg retrieval we are planning on testing all embryos. But our doctor also wants to try a natural transfer cycle for me. He says some women respond better without the medication. I’m a bit nervous about the idea of not being on progesterone. Does anyone have an idea of success rates for non mediated transfer cycles? |
Anonymous
| If the issue is embryo quality, unclear to me why a non-medicated transfer cycle would help but maybe I’m missing something. I’d ask your RE to explain more. I have heard that non-medicated transfers can have some upsides in certain situations but it’s not going to fix a quality issue. Ask questions and wishing you luck either way! |
Anonymous
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Pp
Wait, do you mean a natural cycle RETRIEVAL? Cause that’s totally different. |
Anonymous
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My RE told me there was no difference in success rates between natural cycle FET and medicated FET. I did a natural cycle FET a with success. It wasn’t completely without progesterone though - they gave me progesterone suppositories (in contrast to PIO injections).
Natural IVF as PP mentioned something completely different. |
Anonymous
| Very similar story. We transferred 8 non tested embryos: 3 miscarriages, 5 negatives. Switched clinics and opted for PGS, expecting we’d get a low number of normals, if any. We ended up with 6. First natural FET cycle was a success! |
Anonymous
Also want to add I did an Auto-Immune protocol. While all testing was normal, we figured we’d throw in everything but the kitchen sink. |
Anonymous
Love hearing that! |
Anonymous
No, natural transfer cycle. I guess unmedicated would be the best term. |
Anonymous
| I did a natural cycle (FET) transfer and it worked. |
Anonymous
| I had 3 medicated FET cycles that all resulted in early miscarriage. My 4th cycle was natural with no meds and it worked! |
Anonymous
| I only did one IVF and it was natural cycle. Worked first try and my numbers were terrible. Amh was undetectable. |
Anonymous
When you say that you did an auto immune protocol what changed were made from the other protocols? |
Anonymous
It mainly consisted of over-the-counter meds, like Pepcid and Claritin, to suppress the immune system. I was at CCRM. You can Google their antihistamine protocol for more info. |
Anonymous
| When you said natural FET, do you mean completely natural or do you still need progesterone? |