The Best Way To Wean Yourself Off IVF Meds
IVF Treatment Abroad | Your IVF Journey
by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
The IVF worked – you’re pregnant! So when to stop your meds? First off, don’t stop. Wean. Tapering your IVF drugs, at the right time and in the right way, is critical. Here’s how the weaning process works. Most IVF patients take progesterone after embryo transfer. If you’ve had donor eggs, donor embryos or an FET, you’ll be taking estrogen as well. Your pregnancy test, two weeks after your transfer, is positive. Keep taking your meds. It’s way too early at that point to start weaning. Some patients sadly make this mistake. The best time to wean? Eight weeks. No sooner, no later. A few years ag ..read more
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The Perfect Egg Donor? 7 Things To Consider
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
You’ve decided to use an egg donor. Big step. And you’re thinking: will my egg donor be a good match? Do I get to see photos? Is she a proven donor? Here are 7 key things to think about. 1. Check the pool. Find out the number of egg donors on your preferred clinic’s books. Anything less than 200 is too small. The larger the pool, the better the potential match. A clinic with 500+ egg donors is generally a safer bet than a smaller one. More established fertility clinics tend to have a broader range of donors. That suggests a more streamlined egg donor recruitment process. Which is what you want ..read more
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Celebrities and Donor Eggs: 4 Inspiring Success Stories
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
Celebrities and donor eggs. The internet is full of speculation and comment about celebrities and egg donation treatment. We all know the stats: women have a low chance of a successful pregnancy, using their own eggs, from their mid-40s. (Actually, 43 onwards is pushing it.) The realistic choices open to them are adoption, surrogacy (probably using the surrogate’s eggs) and donor eggs. Or not having kids at all. Many celebrities have spoken candidly about IVF treatment using their own eggs – Emma Thompson, Michelle Obama, Courtney Cox and Brooke Shields among others. But very few talk about do ..read more
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High BMI? What IVF Patients Need to Know
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
Is your BMI too high for IVF treatment? Many clinics will treat patients with a BMI of up to 35. But are your chances of success really reduced if you’re overweight? Let’s look at the research. Obesity is on the rise. It’s well-known that being overweight affects fertility and pregnancy outcomes. When it comes to IVF, findings have become clearer in the last 10 years (when IVF has come into its own). A 2019 study looked at data from 21 previous studies. It found that live birth rates were significantly lower for women with a BMI of 30 or more. (A normal BMI is 18.5 to 24.9.) PCOS patients, oft ..read more
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The Short Protocol: 5 Reasons To Have It
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
IVF patients want to know they’re on the right protocol. Which is best – the short protocol or the long one? The answer depends on each individual patient, so ignore most of what you read online. Other protocols exist, including minimal stimulation, the flare protocol and natural IVF. All three show promising data. But let’s stick to the big two for now: long and short. And guess what? No definitive large-scale trial exists to make a clear case for one over the other. You’ll read about the benefits of each, but there’s no game-changer research yet. This may strike IVF patients as odd. What it ..read more
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PICSI or MACS – Which Is Better?
IVF Treatment Abroad | Your IVF Journey
by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
PICSI and MACS are two techniques used by fertility clinics to obtain the best quality sperm. Most patients won’t need either. But for couples where sperm quality is a concern, PICSI, MACS, or both, could give ICSI a run for its money and improve IVF outcomes. Poor sperm quality isn’t always apparent. ICSI selects the best-looking sperm, relying to some degree on the visual skill of the andrologist or embryologist. But good motility and morphology don’t guarantee sperm maturity. They could still be immature. which often means damaged DNA. ICSI preparation on its own can’t spot this. Step forwa ..read more
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The EMMA Test – Should You Have It?
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
What exactly is the EMMA test? In short, it’s a new endometrial examination from the makers of the ERA test. Let’s call it a spin-off. Does it work? Here’s a quick summary. Remember those yoghurt ads about good and bad bacteria? The EMMA test is similar. It takes a biopsy of endometrial tissue and genetically analyses the healthy and unhealthy bacteria present. Healthy Lactobacillus bacteria is good. Pathogenic bacteria is bad. A surfeit of bad bacteria potentially reduces implantation rates. Unlike the ERA test – which remains the more compelling endometrium analyser for IVF patients – EMMA ..read more
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Reprofit’s 2018 Success Rates – Key Facts
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by Your IVF Journey
4y ago
Reprofit’s success rates for 2018 are in! And they’re looking good. We’ve summarised the key findings by treatment type below. Here’s what the number crunching tells us… IVF with own eggs Reprofit carried out 1,661 cycles using patients’ own eggs in the year to 31 December 2018. For fresh cycles up to age 35, the clinical pregnancy rate (CPR) was an impressive 47.9%. That’s better than most UK clinics. For the 35-39 age group, the CPR held steady at 36.4%. Encouragingly, clinical pregnancies for patients aged 40 to 43 were 25.9%. This is impressive. Older patients used to have a much lower cha ..read more
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The ERA test – does it really work?
IVF Treatment Abroad | Your IVF Journey
by Your IVF Journey
5y ago
The ERA test, or endometrial receptivity array test, is a new way to address implantation issues. But is it any good? A number of our fertility patients have had it. Some have then had successful treatment, perhaps thanks to the ERA test’s recommendations. So let’s have a closer look. The ERA test examines a sample of endometrial tissue to try to pinpoint the optimal moment for your embryo transfer. The makers of the test call this the ‘window of implantation’. The test is primarily aimed at patients having fertility treatment. It’s quite expensive (around £850), but a number of clinics now of ..read more
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5 reasons why we chose Reprofit
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by Your IVF Journey
5y ago
Why did we choose Reprofit for our fertility treatment? In short: quality and price. But it came out top for other reasons too. Here’s why we feel it was the best decision we ever made. 1. Affordable treatment cost. Reprofit charges under 2,000 euros for an IVF cycle, which is pretty remarkable. But low prices still mean high-quality treatment. As we found out, it’s the same equipment, techniques and medical expertise as UK clinics. (Better expertise, actually.) Salaries are lower in the Czech Republic: one reason why treatment costs are less. We eventually decided on donor eggs. The price at ..read more
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