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.
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