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[quote=Anonymous]Depends on where you are looking at doing this and if your insurance covers meds (in terms of price difference).

My DW was accepted into a clinical trial at New Hope Fertility in NYC back in 2012 - the study compared mini to traditional IVF. Because it was a clinical trial, everything was free. We only had to pay for travel. This clinic offers mini and traditional IVF for nearly the same cost now, though I think mini is a bit cheaper.

In our experience, the monitoring was basically the same. We live in DC and stayed in NYC for about a week or so during the time when she was about to have her egg retrieval. Each morning she went in for monitoring. She took (if I remember correctly) low doses of Follistim and  Clomid. There was a trigger, but it was a nasal mist.

We ended up with one embryo, which we froze and transferred two months after retrieval - he's now our 2.5 y/o DS.

We have since worked with Shady Grove, and our doctor there took the complete opposite approach - high doses of a lot of meds. The cycle that yielded two embryos (Fall 2014) resulted in one loss at 17 weeks due to abnormalities, and the other "normal" embryo (we did PGS) didn't take. After two more failed cycles at SG with no embryos making it to day 5, we decided to consult with other clinics. We're currently working with Cornell, and our doctor is planning a cycle with much lower doses, co-culture, and a three day transfer.

For what it's worth, we keep up with the other women who took part in that trial - there is a FB page. I would say nearly everyone who was in the mini IVF arm of the study had at least one successful pregnancy - many had embryos left over and returned or plan to return for their second cycle. The study will be published soon, but it's our understanding that mini is proven to be just as effective as traditional IVF (of course that can vary from one person to another, as is the case for all medical procedures). Best of luck, OP.[/quote]

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