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[quote=Anonymous]Jeez people, we're usually better than this on the infertility forum. Birth control is fine to beneficial for most normal responders. It is important for hyper responders who are at risk of OHSS. It is contraindicated for poor responders for whom BCP can over suppress, so they typically use estrace priming. Down regulation using BCP or estrace priming is needed in most typical IVF cycles (not natural cycle or other unique protocols) to synchronize follicle growth. As you may know, follicular recruitment starts in the PRECEDING cycle, so if you do not down regulate before starting stims, that cohort will be heterogeneous size-wise and not respond evenly to the medications. Even clinics that do not batch cycles will put almost all patients on birth control. I've heard of patients being on birth control too long and getting over suppressed at smaller clinics or during the COVID shut down, but that's not what SGF is doing. If they put you on BCP when you thought you'd do better on estrace priming, that's a disagreement over your medical care, nothing else.

And I had consults at SGF, but never cycled with them, so no dog in this fight. It's just silly to see misinformation on this forum full of smart, well informed folks.[/quote]

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