Delaying FET because of Covid-19?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone else worried about becoming pregnant during this craziness? I was going to start a donor egg cycle soon but am thinking about postponing. Doesn’t seem like there’s too much information regarding pregnancy and Covid-19. Am I being paranoid?

[Anonymous]

If you are in good health I would go ahead. The bigger concern for me would be the hospitals getting inundated if this spirals out of control but hopefully we will never get there.

[Anonymous]

I would postpone if it's not a huge deal for you to do so. We can't predict how things are going to go with COVID and your immune system will be compromised should you become pregnant.

[Anonymous]

ACOG says pregnant women are not at increased risk of it. Neither are children (even newborns). There are 100,000 cases, so we would have seen it if there were an effect on pregnant women.

Go for it!

[Anonymous]

My wife is on an immune protocol and just got a positive beta this week after her FET. A lot of other immune patients are being advised to get off prednisone and neupogen, or to cancel cycles that are coming up. DW's MFM advised that she stay on meds but work from home (she already does) and to stay out of crowded places.

We'll see what happens....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ACOG says pregnant women are not at increased risk of it. Neither are children (even newborns). There are 100,000 cases, so we would have seen it if there were an effect on pregnant women.

Go for it!

Where did you get this info? That’s actually not true... per ACOG’s article on it;

Pregnant Women
At this time, very little is known about COVID-19, particularly related to its effect on pregnant women and infants, and there currently are no recommendations specific to pregnant women regarding the evaluation or management of COVID-19.
Based on limited data and case examples from previous coronaviruses (SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV) and a small number of COVID-19 cases, it is believed that pregnant women may be at higher risk of severe illness, morbidity, or mortality compared with the general population (1-3). Adverse infant outcomes (eg, preterm birth) also have been reported among infants born to mothers positive for COVID-19 during pregnancy. However, this information is based on limited data and it is not clear that these outcomes were related to maternal infection. Currently it is unclear if COVID-19 can cross through the transplacental route to the fetus. There have been a few unsubstantiated reports of infants testing positive for the virus shortly after birth, but validated data is required to understand how these infants were infected and whether or not the virus can be transmitted during pregnancy. In limited recent case series of infants born to mothers infected with COVID-19 published in the peer-reviewed literature, none of the infants have tested positive for COVID-19 (1).

[Anonymous]

Would recommend waiting. Your doctor’s office could be quarantined. What if one of the staff members gets the virus? What if they thaw your embryo/s and you come down with a fever/cough so you have to refreeze your embryo/s? Not worth it if you can wait a month or two!

[Anonymous]

I am going forward with my FET, which will likely happen at the end of this month. I realize the covid risks, but I'm 41 and so for me waiting is also risky. I'm going to practice as much social distancing as I can, at least until the infection rate seems to go down.

[Anonymous]

you already have the embryos? i have to imagine that many fresh donors may bail or delay, not wanting to go into Dr offices so much, and possibly being at risk due to service industry jobs.

if i get any PGS-clear embryos I'll go ahead with a FET in april as long as they are still performing them.

[Anonymous]

OP here that’s a good point about donors bailing because of Covid-19. I don’t have a donor yet but was thinking of doing frozen eggs vs fresh donor. Thanks for all the replies! It’s a tough call for me because I’m 40 and don’t want to put it off for more than 2 months or so. Hopefully the situation will be better in 2 months...time will tell.

[Anonymous]

I am 42 and just discussed this with my RE. I am going forward (DE FET). In order to have any real data I think we’d have to wait 6 months or so and I just don’t want to wait that long.

[Anonymous]

I’m watching this too, OP. I’m turning 39 this week, and we had planned on transferring our last frozen embryo at the end of June.

[Anonymous]

In all likelihood it will not be better in 2 months.

That said, one more consideration is the timing with your month of delivery. If COVID becomes part of our annual flu season then I’d rather deliver in April than January - so that would mean waiting 3 or 4 months for an FET. But there’s also no way to know this now either - it’s still unconfirmed that it may not be as bad when the temperature rises.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In all likelihood it will not be better in 2 months.

That said, one more consideration is the timing with your month of delivery. If COVID becomes part of our annual flu season then I’d rather deliver in April than January - so that would mean waiting 3 or 4 months for an FET. But there’s also no way to know this now either - it’s still unconfirmed that it may not be as bad when the temperature rises.

Yes and FETs don't always work, so it's somewhat wishful thinking that you can time your delivery anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:ACOG says pregnant women are not at increased risk of it. Neither are children (even newborns). There are 100,000 cases, so we would have seen it if there were an effect on pregnant women.

Go for it!

100,000 cases in pregnancy? That’s not true. How this virus could effect a pregnancy is still unknown. Very little data out there on it as it’s a new strain of this virus.