Natural IVF experiences?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone had experience with Natural IVF, or even both Natural IVF and a more medicated IVF round? What was your experience like?

I am considering IVF but am concerned about taking so many meds (I have done IUI and do not respond well to the meds), as well as having leftover embryos which we do not want to have.

[Anonymous]

I did a natural cycle with my 3rd. Just a trigger shot and the antibiotics for transfer. Skipped the PIO. He was my last frozen embryo and I didn’t feel comfortable with any option but attempting a transfer. He will be six months soon! I’m so glad I had him.

[Anonymous]

Natural cycle IVF you mean no stim just one egg retrieved and one embryo transferred, right? done at Dominion?

If that is what you mean, they still need trigger shot 36 hrs before egg retrieval, and progesterone insert after transfer. And plus some other hormones such as estrial. Total drug cost is 100-200 per cycle so it is minimum.

It took three cycles for me to succeed. I already had a child so i didn’t plan to have more kids. If you want more kids via IVF, probably medicated IVF is way to go.

[Anonymous]

I did a couple of rounds of natural cycle at Dominion followed by a couple of rounds of stimulated. In all cases, we ended up with just one 5 or 6 old embryo to transfer (or test). None were successful. (We’ve moved on to donor egg)

It was nice not having all of the drugs, but it was just as much monitoring for natural cycle as stimulated.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I really appreciate it.

We already have 1 and I do not know if would want more than another 1 which is the main reason I am interested in natural IVF. I would be concerned about any left over embryos and I think I would feel like I would need to at least try and implant any embryos I had.

I realize this reasoning makes an assumption that the embryos would even successfully implant, which is often not the case. I just wouldn’t want to be in a situation where there were “leftover” embryos. I also have this weird intuitive fearful feeling that the medication will false boost up eggs or embryos that weren’t “meant to be”. And that I will somehow end up mutating the embryo or potential baby by taking these drugs. Does anyone else feel that way?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I really appreciate it.

We already have 1 and I do not know if would want more than another 1 which is the main reason I am interested in natural IVF. I would be concerned about any left over embryos and I think I would feel like I would need to at least try and implant any embryos I had.

I realize this reasoning makes an assumption that the embryos would even successfully implant, which is often not the case. I just wouldn’t want to be in a situation where there were “leftover” embryos. I also have this weird intuitive fearful feeling that the medication will false boost up eggs or embryos that weren’t “meant to be”. And that I will somehow end up mutating the embryo or potential baby by taking these drugs. Does anyone else feel that way?

Gently, please take a moment and consider how that comes across to those of us with IVF babies. That is an understandable though totally groundless fear, but one that is best left unsaid on an infertility board where most of us are either parenting those "mutated" babies or hoping to one day. You seem to have a lot of reasonable (leftover embryos) fears and unreasonable (mutated babies) fears and I think the best thing for you to do is talk with your RE, not an internet message board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I really appreciate it.

We already have 1 and I do not know if would want more than another 1 which is the main reason I am interested in natural IVF. I would be concerned about any left over embryos and I think I would feel like I would need to at least try and implant any embryos I had.

I realize this reasoning makes an assumption that the embryos would even successfully implant, which is often not the case. I just wouldn’t want to be in a situation where there were “leftover” embryos. I also have this weird intuitive fearful feeling that the medication will false boost up eggs or embryos that weren’t “meant to be”. And that I will somehow end up mutating the embryo or potential baby by taking these drugs. Does anyone else feel that way?

Gently, please take a moment and consider how that comes across to those of us with IVF babies. That is an understandable though totally groundless fear, but one that is best left unsaid on an infertility board where most of us are either parenting those "mutated" babies or hoping to one day. You seem to have a lot of reasonable (leftover embryos) fears and unreasonable (mutated babies) fears and I think the best thing for you to do is talk with your RE, not an internet message board.

I am so sorry. Thank you for your feedback. That was totally inconsiderate of me to say and I had not considered that perspective. I am deeply sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I really appreciate it.

We already have 1 and I do not know if would want more than another 1 which is the main reason I am interested in natural IVF. I would be concerned about any left over embryos and I think I would feel like I would need to at least try and implant any embryos I had.

In fact Dominion’s Dr Gordon beloved in no left over embryo advantage so much he left the practice to go to Tennessee to start a left over embryo donation and natural IVF practice, I think based on his religious belief and a more receptive population on bible belt.

We went for natural cycle in dominion because we had one kid and my wife was predicted to be poor responders to stim. We kind of just playing the lottery with. atrial cycle with lower investment per cycle. Our DD was successful on third cycle

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I really appreciate it.

We already have 1 and I do not know if would want more than another 1 which is the main reason I am interested in natural IVF. I would be concerned about any left over embryos and I think I would feel like I would need to at least try and implant any embryos I had.

In fact Dominion’s Dr Gordon beloved in no left over embryo advantage so much he left the practice to go to Tennessee to start a left over embryo donation and natural IVF practice, I think based on his religious belief and a more receptive population on bible belt.

We went for natural cycle in dominion because we had one kid and my wife was predicted to be poor responders to stim. We kind of just playing the lottery with. atrial cycle with lower investment per cycle. Our DD was successful on third cycle

Thank you for sharing. Congratulations on your DD!