Hi Sara

I did 2 flare cycles - both without the pill (maybe it wasn't a true flare..but I'll tell you about my experience)! I got my best results from the first (and one of my worst from the 2nd...but it was back-to-back which isn't suppose to be great).

The only difference between flare and antagonist for me was that I started sniffing syranol (sp?) on Day 2 twice a day with the flare cycle & started GonalF on Day 3. Syranol stops you from ovulating rather than having the FS monitor you closely - you also don't need those expensive shots on the last few days that you require on the antagonist cycle as the syranol is already doing the same thing.

I know that Melb IVF has explanations of all the cycles on their web site - I'm sure that at least some of the other clinics do as well.

Julie