Natural Cycle IVF

[Anonymous]

It's really simple they monitor on day 2 then on day 5,6, 7 ,8 poss 9, 10 then you get the trigger shot on day 9 or 10 and retrieval 2 days later and transfer 5 days after. The trigger shot is not that bad and if you totally freak out or your DH can't do it, you can get it done at the hospital. I did 3 natural cycles the first ended in m/c the 2nd was a BFN and the 3rd is going well so far with a BFP but waiting until sono to get officially psyched.

[Anonymous]

thanks for the info PP, when is your sono?

[Anonymous]

Anyone do natural cycle who's older -- in their 40's? or is this just something that's good for younger people with presumably better/high quality eggs?

[Anonymous]

NCIVF can be done at any age as long as you have regular cycles, I'm 39 with high FSH and I was successful.

[Anonymous]

PP 18:07 We had our sono today and it was amazing, there was a fast little HB and we are off to the OB.

[Anonymous]

congratulations, we start our IVF cycle next month.

[Anonymous]

I just had my first consult with Dr. gordon and he was really nice and the staff was really friendly. I feel so overwhelmed with information and questions about what to expect.

[Anonymous]

to the earlier poster who can't take BCP:

this is an uncommon response to BCP! i had it too, and my drs just scratched their heads. unfortunately i couldn't tolerate pregnancy either...long story short, lost several pgs and was later found to have both hereditary and acquired clotting conditions. the latter worsened in pregnancy, probably causing my mcs.

i personally think if you can't tolerate BCPs there must be some reason, and would pay attention to your gut instinct regarding the IVF meds.

due to your unexplained infertility history, i'd go to a hematologist and ask to be tested for the complete panel of hereditary and acquired clotting conditions. my cousin was losing babies before she even knew she was pregnant due to the same reasons i was.... we both had a history of migraines as well...

when they test for antiphospholipid antibodies, ask them to test for the entire panel, not just the two they usually test for. There's another one (anti-beta2GPI) that's been added to the official criteria, that most drs don't even know has! And there are others that are considered "insignificant" only because there's less research on them. I'll bet if drs were testing people with IF and recurrent MC, they'd "discover" some significance!

good luck.