What happens with an FET?

[butterfly_warrior]

I can really only tell you about what happens with a natural FET, but if you have a regular cycle there's a fair chance you can talk your clinic into doing it that way, rather than doing a HRT FET.

With a natural cycle, they will do blood tests to track your ovulation - they'll be looking for the LH surge that says you're about to ovulate. Once they can confirm that ovulation is about to, or has happened, you'll be scheduled for transfer 5-6 days (because you have blasts) after that. Transfer is just like for a fresh one.

If you are only transferring one embryo, they will only thaw one at a time. If the first doesn't survive, they'll thaw another... up until the point you run out of frozen embryos. I've only ever had one FET where we haven't had to thaw multiple embryos, but my thaw rates are unusally and abysmally sucky.

I vaguely recall that with HRT FETs, you will take various drugs and have a scan to determine when the uterine lining is thick enough for transfer and then things go from there.

BW

[Cuddlepie]

Seems the ladies have pretty much answered the questions, for TTW prog. support usually is daily prog pessaries till beta. All in all, natural FET is just a breeze, minimal intervention. Good luck Sarah...

[CeCe]

For my FET's I've been taken Clomid on days 2 to 5 (or along those lines). From there it's the blood tests and ultrasounds to confirm when ovulation occurs. The rest is as the other ladies have stated.

[nanananny]

I vaguely recall that with HRT FETs, you will take various drugs and have a scan to determine when the uterine lining is thick enough for transfer and then things go from there.

BW

Yep I'm doing my first FET I'm on the pill then I stop that for 3 days and they've given me progynova tablets (I think it's 3 a day) then I have to have a scan to see if the linings thick enough then progesterone pressaries

[{sarah}]

Hey CeCe why clomid? Isn't it for ovulation induction? Wouldn't there be the possibility of twins then, naturally conceived & also from the ET?

[butterfly_warrior]

Sarah, my FETs were done similar to CeCe's with ovulation induction drugs as I just don't ovulate naturally. With any natural FET there's a chance of conceiving naturally as well as with the embryo that was transferred. I believe Mon's twins came about this way, and I've heard of at least one other case. I kind of dream of this happening, but I know that we've got way too many obstacles to overcome!

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[barney]

oh hun very exciting news .
ive just done a completly natural fet with 2 little embies on board rite now.
just had daily bt from day 10 and 1 scan to check lineing thats it .
good luk hun

[Meo]

Thanks for starting this thread, Sarah, and to all who've applied. We're having a break this month but will be up for FET (3DPO transfer) towards the end of June. What do they do if you're aiming for a natural FET but you don't ovulate? Do they "induce" ovulation later than "normal" and you can still go ahead with the transfer?

[butterfly_warrior]

Meo, they will likely use clomid or similar drugs to induce ovulation. Some use low dose FSH injections... while still other clinics flat out refuse and insist you go with a HRT FET.

BW