IVM is a great treatment, especially if you have PCOS, or have been through OHSS before. I'm not sure of your diagnosis so not sure how.
Doreen is great, she was my FS for two years, however I have just swapped to a different dr at the same clinic as he is my obstetrician also.
I did two rounds of IVM last year. The first cycle I got 13 eggs, 8 eggs matured and we had one blastocyst to transfer which unfortunately resulted in a BFN.
The second cycle we got 10 eggs, 8 eggs matured, 7 eggs fertilised, but unfortunately none made it to transfer so that cycle was a bust.
IVM is a little easier in parts - there are a lot less drugs involved, shorter time before EPU and less scans and blood tests which is great. The two big downsides are that the egg collection can be quite painful as they are trying to get out tiny little immature eggs and piercing your ovaries a lot. The other thing is that they havent perfected this yet. Our second cycle we didnt make it to transfer even with 7 fertilised eggs so there are no guarantees.
ETA - I dont want to give off the wrong impression, reading back my post sounded a little negative. I think IVM is a brilliant idea, but it is still definitely a 'new' technology which needs further developing to be on par with IVF. If you fit into the categories, in particular having PCOS, then IVM could definitely work for you. Good luck!
I will say that I really like Fertility Specialists WA, Steve Junk the scientific director is fabulous, as are MOST of the nurses and other staff. Please let me know if you have any questions and I'll be more than happy to chat
Last edited by ~BecD~; July 17th, 2009 at 02:55 AM.
Hi BecD, thanks for the info! I have PCOS, one tube...I was put on 4 cycles of chlomid, inconsistant results with my last result causing OHSS. I think that was the main reason why Dr Yeap recommended IVM (meeting with her early next week, will confirm!). Im sorry to hear IVM did not work for you, it does make me a little concern though due to it being a new procedure (with only 400 IVM babies in the world...not able to find any of them from Australia?) I know with IVF there is a better success rate..do you think there is still a possibilty I may be able to be on that treatment even if there is a chance of OHSS? I wil find out next week at my appointment, but at the mean time not knowing all these answers is driving me insanse! hehehehe But thank you for your response...finally someone in Perth who has experience IVM, it was like a needle in a haystack!
Positive, I am on the other side of the country, but I do have a bad history with OHSS. Three stim cycles and all three times I got it - the first two were bad. The third time we managed to keep it under control so that I only got a mild case when the embryo implanted. There are things you can do - diet becomes particularly important as well as very close monitoring from your clinic. IVM is certainly a better option but I can understand your apprehension. I can also let you know that IVF is also not impossible... it's tricky, but not impossible.
OHSS can be avoided with IVF, or at least well looked after, if you have the right protocol, eat the right diet, and like bw said, get monitored very closely. BW is a great case in point!
There are more than 400 babies born from IVM now, and definitely some in Australia. I think FSWA is still the only one on Perth doing IVM but I could be wrong.
Does anyone know if they use IVM to mature eggs that are retreived as part of a standard IVF cycle but aren't mature yet?
I had 4 eggs retrieved and only 2 fertilized, when I asked why I was told that 2 were immature. I'm now wondering if there's a way for them to grow them via IVM so that they don't get tossed out (eggs are a rare commodity for me, I'm a low responder).
They can definitely do that, if the clinic has the technology. My last IVF cycle, they used IVM on the immature eggs they retrieved, and got one blastocyst from the three immature eggs. I would speak to your clinic about whether they have the ability to do that for you.
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