How many DE cycles is realistic?

[Anonymous]

anecdotally, seems like pretty darn good odds!

[Anonymous]

SG does not want to give you your money back. After 2 cycles, they are losing money on you. So they have worked out the risk and determined that 6 fresh cycles (even if you use frozen eggs) is what is needed to have a take home baby.

(Remember FET do not count towards the 6 cycles)

[Anonymous]

Forgot to add--I'm 44 and just did my first DE cycle. I'm 5 weeks pregnant!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes - all were CGH normals.

This sounds like a uterine problem to me. Have you been tested for implantation issues?

[Anonymous]

To 22:47, I was the one with the CGH normals. No, I haven't been, but have decided to switch practices so that I can at least be tested for implantation issues (EFT), and immune issues. Something seems awry, doesn't it?

[Anonymous]

17:00, that sounds like implantation or immune issues. I would seek out an RE who will test you extensively. I only made it through one fresh with no transfer (progesterone rose before trigger) and one FET (BFN) when we discovered I have high thyroid antibodies and hashimotos through my regular endocrinologist. We switched practices right away because we realized our current practice could not provide what we needed--it wasn't that our first practice was bad, just not appropriate for our needs. Dr. Abbasi at CFA is great for implantation issues/repeated miscarriages and SIRM is also highly recommended. Or you can go straight to Braverman or Kim-Kwak.

[Anonymous]

DE cycle #1 -- Donor 1 (unproven) -- 8 eggs, 6 embies, but BFN and no frozen.

DE cycle #2 -- Donor 2 (proven) -- 10 eggs, 8 embies, but BFN; 2 frozen left.

DE cycle #3 -- Donor 2 (proven) -- 2 frozen embies transferred -- BFN

DE cycle #4-- Donor 3 (proven) -- possible implantation issue identified (clotting factor) and treated -- 13 eggs, 9 embies, BFP with live birth plus frozens.


Lesson? Identify any and all risk factors with you and DH as early in the process as you can, even those not on your RE's standard testing protocol. Don't assume a new donor will do the trick.

[Anonymous]

From my very limited anecdotal experience from lurking around boards and knowing some going through this IRL, it seems that it either happens on the first transfer or it takes many many transfers.
It happens occasionally that it takes 2 transfers, but I've seen either -boom- first transfer. Or at least 1-3 transfers from one donor, then at least another transfer from another donor, which may be successful, but more than likely not. Then you are tested for immunity issues or blood clot problems.