I was just wondering what happens with a FET. We only have 1 "baby" left in the freezer (we only had 2 fertlise in our first round of ICIS - our first cycle has just failed) and I have no idea what happens.
What happens on the cycle - do they give you drugs or do they let you go natural and just keep an eye on when you ovulate or do they just shut your whole system down so to speak so that you dont' produce any eggs and then just pick a date that is convenient?
Sorry for the somewhat "ill informed" questions - I find it easier to come here first rather than sift through a lot of stuff on google
Natural FETs are done when they monitor ovulation and pick the right time to put the embryo back.
HRT FETs are when they completely control the body's hormones and wait until the lining is thick enough... and I believe you are on drugs to support the pregnancy up until the placenta takes over.
I've only ever done semi-natural FETs - I need to take drugs to induce ovulation first, and have found them to be quite manageable, but I'm sure someone can tell you more about the other type.
I had two FET cycles and both were done with clomid. I don't O by myself very often because of PCOS so I would start the clomid and get to the perfect time where my lining was perfect and due to O and the embryos were transferred. It was a while ago now but I think I used progesterone pressaries after the transfer too. I fell on my second FET with my last two embryos!! Good luck. Hope your little snow bub likes its new home when it is implanted.
i am doing a FET this month a natural cycle as i ovulate every month but i am using pregnyl to help me produce more projesterone as i had a few BFN. could be both ways and your fs will explain to you. good luck to you
Hi kasam.
A HRT FET is where you take estrogen in the first half of your cycle, and then take progesterone in the second half - simulating a real cycle. The clinic will monitor your endo lining and estrogen levels and put the embryo back when its right.
BTW the estrogen is in tablet form, while progesterone is either in pessaries or gel.
hi kasam ... we are like identical sisters. bt on the same day, BFN, only 1 frostie...
eerie.. lol...
glad you posted... i have one other question if you don't mind a bit of a hijack... how much prep do they do... do you have to have constant BTs to watch your levels so they know you've Od? Also, i think my clinic said after a failed ivf full cycle we would have to wait a month before doing anything (life FET)... is this what everyone has been told?
Wow - I can finally answer some questions - having just had my first appointment for a full HRT FET.
At my clinic anyone doing a full HRT cycle they give you tablets for a couple of weeks (estrogen) and do blood tests and ultrasounds (but not quite as many as with a full stimulation cycle) and then once the lining is just right they pop your little frostie back in and then you stay on the tablets but start using gel or pessaries for progesterone. Apparently depending on your levels you keep using the progesterone for up to 12 weeks.
Yes Hayley - you are right with saying that they like to give you a rest after a stimulation cycle. But this would coincide with any Christmas shutdown period that they had anyway so I am guessing that you will be right to go in the new year.
Good luck girls.
I start taking my tablets on 1/1/09 so am hoping that it will be good luck for me
Hayley - we will probably be February/March. We are changing specialists and can't get in to see him until 2 February. I want to have that time to let my body get back to normal, get rid of all the drugs I have been on and of course pay off what we owe from last time before going back again. At least doing a FET will put us over the safety net so when we are pregnant after that appointments won't cost so much! I hope you are going ok.
thanks muppity. rang the clinic today. looks like we'll be good for FET january! yay. i am exceedingly disappointed to read the crinone paart of your message... i'm discovery the joins of crinone and AF combined... bbrrhhh...good luck to you. oxox
kasam -i'm hearing you. although gutted with bfn, i am sooooo glad to have my body back. i know that sounds selfish but too bad! So FET is sounding like a walk in the park to the past 6-8 weeks! pity we only have the one.
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