To freeze or not to freeze

[Anonymous]

You should ABSOLUTELY freeze. You have no idea what might happen, even if your cycle does work.

[Anonymous]

Insurance covered three cycles but not freezing. We froze down our one and only embryo that qualified for freezingon our second cycle. Three cycles later I am not pregnant and my last hope is paying for the FET out of pocket since insurance is maxed out. I would freeze because you never know what will happen.

[Anonymous]

Of course you should freeze any remaining embryos.

[Anonymous]

IVF coverage is not a good reason to put your body through repeated fresh cycles if there is a good chance you will only need FETs later. It's a no-brainer. Freeze, and good luck!

[Anonymous]

OP your question makes me wonder if you know what you're about to undertake.

Yes, you freeze them. There is no question. Going through the whole process is pretty brutal, age notwithstanding. A cycle with a frozen embryo is significantly easier on you.

[Anonymous]

Even at the best clinics, the SART statistics for a fresh cycle of IVF on an women at age 30 leading to a live birth are less than 30%. It might work the first time, but the odds are it won't. Definitely freeze IF you have high quality embryos left (another surprisingly low statistic). You will likely get a baby, but don't underestimate the steepness of the climb still ahead of you. I started IVF at 30. 5 rounds of OE IVF and one round of DE IVF later I had a beautiful baby at 38. I did not have any embryos left from my 23 year old donor and did another round of DE IVF with a new donor to get a sibling.

[Anonymous]

I think you just don't know what the cycle puts you through. If you are young, chances are that they will retrieve lots of eggs. The recovery from the egg retrieval procedure is BRUTAL. Why would you want to take your body through the hormonal overdose, another procedure and another difficult retrieval AGAIN?

Plus, the youngest embryos are usually the healthiest. If you are 29 now, succeed on the first try and want to have another baby a few years down the road, whatever you make at that point will be less healthy.

So, freeze.

[Anonymous]

No-brainer. Freeze.

[Anonymous]

If you have insurance, do round one and freeze any extras. If you get a BFN, then do round two using the insurance and freeze any extras. If you get a BFN, if you have LOTS of FE (like 10 or more), thaw 2-3 and do a FET round. If that is a BFN or you don't have lots of FE, do the next round using insurance and freeze the extras.

The reason you want to max out your insurance is you never know when you might lose it. So use it while you can. And you want to stockpile as many 28yo egg/embryos as you can to use in the future.

[Anonymous]

Definitely freeZe. Even if not a money savings you're
Saving yourself stims! Also your body is better off without stims in it for transfer. Definitely save the money and freeze if there's chance you'll want more kids