RE: IVF & UU - moving in the right direction, have questions

[Guest guest]

Diane,

This may not help you, but my cousin was dead set against putting more than

one back during the transfer. I mean ded set against it! Yet the RE

convinced her to put two back, stating that the odds were just so much

higher with two. And if the RE was able to convince her, she must have had

some serious hard data to back it up. I unfortunately don't have any

statistics, but I thought I'd share anyway. My thoughts will be with you on

Friday. My 2ww dwindles down just as yours begins. I had the urge to stop

on the way home from work to buy a HPT, but I figured, I can't use it if I

don't have it! So, I'll wait to test until Monday morning. That will put

me at 12 days past IUI. Again, I'm praying for you!

-Kathy D., 28

7dpo after Gonal-F/IUI

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[Guest guest]

Hello Diane,

I already had 4 IVF cycles over the last year. I'm starting my 5th

one in februari. I'm also UU

My doctors all told me to never put back 2 in case they both

developed into foetuses. They explained that because I'm still young

(28, you start getting old for ttc from 35) and because I get decent

quality embryo's the chance that I would get pregnant doesn't

increase much with having 2 embryo's inplanted.

So in my last 4 cycles only one got inplated. In the mean time (in

between cycle 3 and 4) the health legislation in Belgium decided that

the lab work (bringing the sperm ant the eg together) which is the

greatest cost in ivf, would be refundable. But they had some

conditions. Under 35 you could only have 1 embryo inplanted during

your first cycle. In the second cycle also 1, if you had good

quality. If not they could decide to put back 2 (only in a second

cycle). Studies have shown dat in good conditions (being younger dan

35 and having good quality embryo's)inplanting more than 1 doesn't

increase your chances of getting pregnant. They are also trying to do

ivf in natural cycles where they retrieve your monthly egg, fertilise

it and implant it. This is still under development...

They stated that by holding back multiples as much as possible, they

could get the money to make ivf refundable (because multiple

pregnancys, births and hospital care cost huge amounts)

So, this being the case, for the moment most of the ivf cycles in

Belgium have only 1 embryo inplanted. And the pregnancy rates haven't

dropped. Also, in Belgium you almost never have more than triplets.

Doctors always try to do a reduction from the moment you are pregnant

with triplets. You don't have to, but the suggest it always.

Telling you all this, I also want to share this story

After my 3th cycle I had some embryo's good enough to go into the

freezer. My docter then decided we would put back 2 unfroozen ones.

Because frozen embys are weaker than fresh ones, she was willing to

take the risk to implant 2 ONLY if I agreed to have reduction if both

of them stayed on. I never had to make this decision because none of

my embryo's survived the defrosting.

I hope you have a great implantation on friday and that the two weeks

wait doesn't kill you ;o)

Keeping you and all other UU and IVF women in my thoughts

Marijke

xxx

[Guest guest]

Hello Diane,

I already had 4 IVF cycles over the last year. I'm starting my 5th

one in februari. I'm also UU

My doctors all told me to never put back 2 in case they both

developed into foetuses. They explained that because I'm still young

(28, you start getting old for ttc from 35) and because I get decent

quality embryo's the chance that I would get pregnant doesn't

increase much with having 2 embryo's inplanted.

So in my last 4 cycles only one got inplated. In the mean time (in

between cycle 3 and 4) the health legislation in Belgium decided that

the lab work (bringing the sperm ant the eg together) which is the

greatest cost in ivf, would be refundable. But they had some

conditions. Under 35 you could only have 1 embryo inplanted during

your first cycle. In the second cycle also 1, if you had good

quality. If not they could decide to put back 2 (only in a second

cycle). Studies have shown dat in good conditions (being younger dan

35 and having good quality embryo's)inplanting more than 1 doesn't

increase your chances of getting pregnant. They are also trying to do

ivf in natural cycles where they retrieve your monthly egg, fertilise

it and implant it. This is still under development...

They stated that by holding back multiples as much as possible, they

could get the money to make ivf refundable (because multiple

pregnancys, births and hospital care cost huge amounts)

So, this being the case, for the moment most of the ivf cycles in

Belgium have only 1 embryo inplanted. And the pregnancy rates haven't

dropped. Also, in Belgium you almost never have more than triplets.

Doctors always try to do a reduction from the moment you are pregnant

with triplets. You don't have to, but the suggest it always.

Telling you all this, I also want to share this story

After my 3th cycle I had some embryo's good enough to go into the

freezer. My docter then decided we would put back 2 unfroozen ones.

Because frozen embys are weaker than fresh ones, she was willing to

take the risk to implant 2 ONLY if I agreed to have reduction if both

of them stayed on. I never had to make this decision because none of

my embryo's survived the defrosting.

I hope you have a great implantation on friday and that the two weeks

wait doesn't kill you ;o)

Keeping you and all other UU and IVF women in my thoughts

Marijke

xxx

[Guest guest]

Hello Diane,

I already had 4 IVF cycles over the last year. I'm starting my 5th

one in februari. I'm also UU

My doctors all told me to never put back 2 in case they both

developed into foetuses. They explained that because I'm still young

(28, you start getting old for ttc from 35) and because I get decent

quality embryo's the chance that I would get pregnant doesn't

increase much with having 2 embryo's inplanted.

So in my last 4 cycles only one got inplated. In the mean time (in

between cycle 3 and 4) the health legislation in Belgium decided that

the lab work (bringing the sperm ant the eg together) which is the

greatest cost in ivf, would be refundable. But they had some

conditions. Under 35 you could only have 1 embryo inplanted during

your first cycle. In the second cycle also 1, if you had good

quality. If not they could decide to put back 2 (only in a second

cycle). Studies have shown dat in good conditions (being younger dan

35 and having good quality embryo's)inplanting more than 1 doesn't

increase your chances of getting pregnant. They are also trying to do

ivf in natural cycles where they retrieve your monthly egg, fertilise

it and implant it. This is still under development...

They stated that by holding back multiples as much as possible, they

could get the money to make ivf refundable (because multiple

pregnancys, births and hospital care cost huge amounts)

So, this being the case, for the moment most of the ivf cycles in

Belgium have only 1 embryo inplanted. And the pregnancy rates haven't

dropped. Also, in Belgium you almost never have more than triplets.

Doctors always try to do a reduction from the moment you are pregnant

with triplets. You don't have to, but the suggest it always.

Telling you all this, I also want to share this story

After my 3th cycle I had some embryo's good enough to go into the

freezer. My docter then decided we would put back 2 unfroozen ones.

Because frozen embys are weaker than fresh ones, she was willing to

take the risk to implant 2 ONLY if I agreed to have reduction if both

of them stayed on. I never had to make this decision because none of

my embryo's survived the defrosting.

I hope you have a great implantation on friday and that the two weeks

wait doesn't kill you ;o)

Keeping you and all other UU and IVF women in my thoughts

Marijke

xxx