https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 18:09:38 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2235154 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 14:20:18 +0000 agold 2235154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: I'm happy to hear that 5 or more is a good number. And "perfect" sounds perfect enough for me! :wink: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2235126 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:56:54 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2235126@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Anecdotally, it seems like 5 or more happy blastocysts is pretty good! Grades were never mentioned, but I was told that all of the blasts (2 fresh, 2 frozen) we transferred were "perfect." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2235042 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:11:20 +0000 agold 2235042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: Five quality embryos is a great number, right? I just had to call my sister to get this information, so luckily she remembers. Something around 20 eggs, and six made it to grade A five day blastocyst. She did two for the fresh cycle, which was good, and then froze four. But neither FET worked out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2235023 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:56:38 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2235023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: No, I may have elaborated on another thread, but in spite of those numbers, and lots of good candidates on Day#3, only 5 were still "quality" enough to be transferred or frozen on Day#5/6. We have 1 frostie left. Just curious, but do remember your numbers from your cycle as a donor? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2234982 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:37:27 +0000 agold 2234982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: Thanks again for your response! For some reason, I was thinking that a mock transfer only happened before a FET. So I'm going to add this to my new list of questions for my doctor. 17 eggs seems like a great number! With 14 fertilized, does that mean you still have 10 frozen? Thanks for letting me know the PIO gets easier. I can't believe you were doing it yourself! You are truly amazing. And yes, I did ask my RE about an embryo splitting. Thank you so much for giving me good things to think about. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2234953 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:26:13 +0000 agold 2234953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Caly: Thanks again for your response! Its been so helpful to talk to everyone here. I just left a message for my nurse at the RE saying I wanted to do traditional IVF with the fresh transfer and asking if the doctor is cool with that (since he suggested doing FET only.) Yes, I was an egg donor about four years ago. I did feel horrible, so that's why I'm wondering how a fresh embryo transfer would go five days after the retrieval. One girl who posted here a few days ago said her sister's fresh embryo transfer was cancelled, and I'm wondering if that would happen to me. (Clearly, no sense in wondering/worrying about the future, but I'm just doing it anyways.) Before the egg retrieval I did years ago, I was extremely uncomfortable. That's almost an understatement. And then after the retrieval, I felt physically awful. I puffed all up and worked myself into hysterics. Maybe I was just being dramatic. The doctor said my ovaries were leaking protein and I was told to drink a ton of muscle milk. (Does that sound normal?) I can't remember when it all settled down, but I did go to my work christmas party a few nights later. I remember feeling, um, fragile and ill, but I still went to the party so maybe it wasn't that bad. I really wish I didn't know what an egg retrieval felt like, because its been causing me to drag my feet about my own IVF. But I'm so excited to be moving forward anyways. I just want a baby! :grin: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2234925 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 12:10:29 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2234925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: The mock transfer usually takes place a month or so before a transfer (my RE did it at the same time as an SHG/saline sonogram)...unless you're referring to something different? We did one both times and my understanding is that it's just to help the actual transfer go completely smoothly (they're "mapping" your cervix). We only did one retrieval and got 17 eggs, all from one ovary-- which was a surprise: apparently I have one non-functioning ovary?!-- 14 fertilized, half were ICSI. Thank you for the well wishes! We're excited to meet him! :heart: And yeah, the PIO is rough at first...but it does eventually get easier. By the end, I was giving them to myself! :wink: (BTW-- I was 33 last year when I was doing my fresh cycle. :happy: :goodluck: )</p> <p>ETA: One thing you might want to talk with your doctor about is the risk of monozygotic/identical twinning with IVF. It's only 1-3%, but there are at least a couple of Bees who have experienced it firsthand... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2234835 Mon, 13 Jul 2015 11:16:27 +0000 Caly 2234835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: I agree with you, spending money to get pregnant is definitely not something anyone wants to do, especially when everyone around is doing it for free! I'm trying to remember how I felt after the retrieval into the transfer...I remember being extremely bloated, very full and overall my stomach was very tender and sore. I also remember some cramping. It was pretty uncomfortable but it got better after a couple weeks. Other than the discomfort, I felt fine going into the transfer. Did I see you were an egg donor in the past? (that's awesome btw :happy: ) After all the meds and the retrieval, how did you feel? I imagine however you felt then would be similar to how you would be feeling physically going into a fresh transfer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2234172 Sun, 12 Jul 2015 14:28:19 +0000 agold 2234172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: I'm so glad you find this thread interesting! All of the responses I have received have been so very helpful and gave me even more to consider than what I'd originally anticipated when I posted my original question. Congrats on your baby boy. Boys are fun. So did you do a mock cycle before you did your first egg retreival and fresh cycle? Have you just had one egg retrieval procedure? And how many eggs were retreived when you said you were feeling fine after the retrieval? And oh darn, you mentioned the progesterone shots. Yikes. When my sister was doing IVFs, I often helped her out by giving her the intramuscular back shots when her husband was out of town. It was horrible for me to, and probably even more horrible for her to receive! Oh my gosh, poor girl. Now poor me! :silly: I don't want to do the back shots!! ugh. And to answer your question, I am 32. </p> <p>@Caly: You are a great help! Thank you for your input. And two girls... that's so very sweet. I generally just want to follow my doctor's reccomendation also, but here what he is recommended is just so much more money than what I'd "wanted" to spend. (I don't want to be spending any of this money for this, just to clarify..) And I'm okay with transferring two embryos as well. I want to give myself a good chance of getting pregnant and I suppose I'd be fine with twins as well. Did you feel pysically okay after your egg retreival as you went in for the fresh embyro transfer? Thank you, again, for your input. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer/page/2#post-2233881 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 21:56:39 +0000 Caly 2233881@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: It's 2 girls, which is definitely hard to tell from the pic! I honestly went by my dr's recommendation and did a fresh transfer. He knew my history and situation and along with his knowledge and success rate I trusted his expertise. Had it not been successful, the next step would have been a FET with embryos from that cycle. We did transfer 2 embryos which for us was an easy decision since we had been trying so long and were not opposed to twins. I know I'm obviously not any help in the fresh vs FET area, I'm sorry! I know the ladies here are a lot more knowledgable and can hopefully offer some wisdom and experience. And of course feel free to ask any other questions :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233856 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 20:40:18 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2233856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: What an interesting thread! I'm expecting a wiggly little boy! :silly: We did a "mock transfer" (they want to make sure to place the embryos quickly and in the best possible position) before both of our transfers. I felt really good by the time of my 5-day fresh transfer (no OHSS)! And the FET meds were really easy...except of course seemingly endless series of progesterone injections! :meh: I think waiting for a FET is only a great option if you have lots of high quality embryos. We started off with solid retrieval and fertilization numbers, but ultimately only had five Day 5/6 embryos to transfer/freeze (and transferred 2 each time). If you don't mind me asking, how old are you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233802 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:28:58 +0000 agold 2233802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrswin: Sorry but I forgot to respond to your other questions. My husband's SA is normal. I've had all sorts of testing done, but mostly like lots of blood work and an HSG and some ultrasounds. I did two months of clomid and two IUIs with injected medicines and gave up. All my tests are normal. My sister did get pregnant with the first round of fresh embryos but the subsequent FETs were not successful for her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233799 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:23:34 +0000 agold 2233799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bloved: that sure would be a lot to read at this point! Thank you for your response. I'm so happy to hear your fresh transfer was a success for you. Sorry about your two FETs. I can't recall if my RE said that FETs now have a better, or just the same, success rate as fresh transfers. He said that there is now a new freezing process that is better on the frozen embryos and he also said its a way to control the womb or whatever "environment" to make the best situation for implantation. All makes sense but I still like the sound of fresh embryos and want to do that if I can. Everyone's responses have been so helpful. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233787 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 18:01:57 +0000 bloved 2233787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I did not read all the responses but wanted to weigh in. I got pregnant with a fresh cycle (day 3 transfer). I have had two subsequent frozen transfers and neither has worked. Therefore I prefer fresh. However, my dr says that frozen technically have a better success rate (I think something to do with them being strong enough to develop to day 5 and survive the thaw process). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233783 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 17:57:25 +0000 agold 2233783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Amorini: I'm so glad you are finding my question in any way helpful. I didn't want to have to post this question, but I didn't quite find what I was looking for on this blog, or any where else, otherwise. I didn't even quite think to ask about prices of packages on here, but its soooo helpful to be able to compare to what every one else is paying. I'm generally a huge bargain shopping so its been hard to just accept this price. I'll keep an eye out for your question and be sure to answer it if I can. And thank you for telling me your RE encourages a fresh cycle. And for what its worth, your quoted prices are around the same as my quoted prices, I think. The FET was a little more than $1,000 more, but it included a mock cycle. </p> <p> @mrswin: thank you so much for your response. I'm so worried about my RE trying to sell me the highest priced option. I really hated to be thinking that though because I want to fully trust my doctor. But he did sort of brush over the fresh embryo transfer option and I didn't think twice about it when talking with him, but was just blown away when it came to the point an hour or so later when I was talking to the financing lady. So I'm thinking I want to call the nurse assigned to me and ask her about my RE's thoughts on doing fresh embryo transfer (since I didn't ask any questions about that when I was meeting with the RE). If I get the feeling like he isn't into it, then I suppose I would consider a second opinion. I already know who I would go to for that. But I'm really worried about the time and effort involved with the second opinion, and with going to a new doctor's office. I don't have the energy to do that so I would really have to extremely doubt my doctor's honest or whatever before doing that. I actually like my RE so I feel badly even thinking anything like that about him. But thank you so much for your honest opinion. </p> <p>@winter_wonder: thank you for your kind words. it was certainly not an easy thing to do but its been all i hoped it would be. I'm so happy for girls to be able to get pregnant any way that they can. :grin: :heart: </p> <p>@bluestriped bee: Thank you so much for your opinion. I appreciate you saying you would consider the fresh transfer. So that's pretty much what I'm going to do as long as I think my RE is cool with it. Because in general, yes, its just so expensive. I wish I had that kind of money lying around but I just don't. Its going to be tough to pay for and we've been saving since we knew we were headed in this direction. I've been putting off this IVF consult for about four months after my last IUI. I'm just generally not excited to start this. But I want a baby and I'm really not getting any younger. My husband want's to wait until our next tax return and I nearly felt sick to my stomach. That's the first time I've ever felt like I didn't want to put this off any longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233755 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 16:08:53 +0000 BSB 2233755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: ah, yeah, if I was given that $10,000 fresh cycle option, I could see why you would consider it. We were lucky and was able to retrieve 12 eggs, 10 were mature, 8 were fertilized and 7 were successfully frozen. We transferred 2 and have 5 left in the freezer. So we could have done a fresh transfer and still be able to do FET. </p> <p>I don't know what I would do, but money wise I could see myself leaning towards the fresh transfer.<br /> Anyway, good luck in your decision and journey. IF is so hard emotionally and it sucks that we have to make decisions based on our wallet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233749 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:55:00 +0000 winter_wonder 2233749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Wow, I had no idea you were an egg donor. I have such admiration for donors :heart: </p> <p>But, I'm sorry you have to go through it all. I can imagine you never thought you would be having this experience. Good luck with everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233744 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:39:53 +0000 mrswin 2233744@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: An eSET doesn't cost any extra but is encouraged at my clinic unless there is a good reason to put more than one back. Just an FYI I live in Canada and I used a clinic affiliated with a major hospital so our IVF cycle was a little lower cost than at some other clinics. Also here there is no separate charge for anesthetic.<br /> The $18k included IVF with ICSI, all the monitoring, about $4k in meds and the cost to freeze our extra embryos. If for some reason we couldn't do a fresh transfer we would have received a small refund.<br /> Is there any chance you can get a second opinion. It seems like the RE may be trying to "sell" the most expensive option. Are you DH's numbers normal? What testing have you had done at this point? Was your sister successful with your eggs? All these factors would influence my thoughts on what to do </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233735 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 15:13:53 +0000 Amorini 2233735@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: So interesting to read your question and responses as we are at a similar crossroad in our IVF/ICSI-decision making. I am going to soon post another question on HB about IVF packages (what? huh?! how to even process that..?!!), but I wanted to just pipe in to say that my RE said she will aim to do a fresh cycle instead of FET only, even though that's what seems to trending with REs lately. When I asked her about this ("I've heard recently that some clinics are only doing FET..."), she said that she agrees with that technique but not for me. It may be that time is of the essence with me (I'm 39) and she doesn't want to lose time. I'm fine with that. Just another perspective, if that helps you.</p> <p>As for cost, we've been quoted one fresh IVF w/ICSI (no PGD) at about $14K, which includes all monitoring, SSG/trial transfer and anesthesia. FET is about $3500. Meds are quoted per cycle at $2-5K. All is OOP for us, too. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233732 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:48:15 +0000 agold 2233732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Thanks for all your info. How sweet! Boy and girl twins. IVF/MOCK/FET was quoted at approximately $15,000. Meds are estimated at $4K, but my RE's office lady said she put me on a 1/2 list. She also suggested I apply directly to the med makers (follistim and gonal f) to see if I can get an even bigger discount. I will check out what you suggested also. Just doing egg retrival and fresh transfer would be about $10,000 plus the same amount of meds. This all includes ICSI. Not pre-genetic testing - that is $4,750! I'm leaning towards doing the fresh transfer at $10,000 and holding my breath and crossing my fingers that it works. Then if I need to do a FET, then I need to do a FET. But why would I voluntarily skip a fresh transfer? Obviously I know the RE (mine and yours at least) say skipping a few cycles after retrieval is best, but is there any reason to skip the fresh cycle? I'm leaning towards no. I so appreciate all of this info I'm getting here from everyone. </p> <p>As for being an egg donor, that wasn't really anything I had ever thought I would do and it wasn't an easy decision. But I love my sister so I wanted to help. Sucks I'm here though. The RE insists that my previous egg donation has nothing to do with my current unexplained IF. So I try to just trust that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233729 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 14:33:11 +0000 BSB 2233729@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: Similar to @justdarling: I had my retrieval in end October and had my FET at the end of January. I did have holiday travel that might have delayed my transfer date. </p> <p>Oh, I transferred two and currently pregnant with b/g twins. </p> <p>As for cost, I only saw the cost of one complete cycle with FET or their guaranteed plans. For me, since I was under 31, it was $17k (with ICSI but no PGD) plus the cost of meds which was about $4k. If you are paying out of pocket for meds, I would call WinFertility. They had had the best prices. A lot of the other fertility pharmacies were quoting me at $5-6k for my meds. Oh, their guaranteed plans were $28k plus meds. We struggled with the decision on what to do. We decided that take the gamble and just do the one complete cycle plan. </p> <p>Lastly, I, too, looked into egg donation a few years ago but my AMH was lower than what they wanted. (They said my AMH shouldn't affect me when I TTC... Little did they know.) My sister went through the process last year and successfully donated. </p> <p>Sorry to hear that both you and your sister has had trouble TTC. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233713 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:24:07 +0000 agold 2233713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: Oh gosh, using donor eggs and having a fresh transfer that way is really almost an ideal situation since you get the fresh eggs and your body isn't going through the retrival process. (And I know its a bummer in a way to use donor eggs, so I'm not ignorate of that fact, just looking at the silver lining.) I was actually an egg donor for my sister about four or so years ago. My sister has specific fertility issues. But I don't appear to have any identifiable issues so I am actually really bummed to have to be going through IVF myself. I'm going to my sister's same RE and they are treating me really nicely because of this. I'll totally accept sympathy in this situation. :silly: I honestly thought the egg donation process was physically the worst thing I have even been through, even though I was happy to be doing it. And I just didn't really pay any attention to what I was doing, or what my sister was doing when it was all going down because I was stupidly confident that I would never have to do that again. So now I'm here dealing with my own IVF and I feel like a clueless dummy. :crying: I've been talking to my sister about it, but she just deals with different issues than me. Also, fresh transfers were all that were really encouraged when she was doing it so I really am happy to be hearing about all of your experiences and getting your advice. I'm so happy you are pregnant and I wish you all the best. Thank you for sharing your information. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233710 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 13:11:38 +0000 agold 2233710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@FliegepilzHut: I'm so glad that one of those worked out for you. Did you do a "mock cycle" before you did the FET? And do you know if you are having a boy or a girl? (I can't help but ask about the baby. :silly: )</p> <p> @macintosh: Congratulations on your new baby! I'm so happy to hear the fresh transfer after egg retrieval worked for you. Its so true that each and every additional step taken in this IVF process costs so much. I'm hoping so hard that I get some embryos to freeze. I think freezing them costs $850 and storing them costs $900 for three years, with that amount being prorated if we take them from storage early. That's a lot, but its maybe the only costs I don't feel entirely sick looking at because it seems like such a bonus to get extra embryos. I will be doing ICSI also. </p> <p>@mrswin: Congratulations on your new baby! I just had to look up what "eSet" is. Did that specific option cause you any additional costs? My RE's office didn't even address it but its something I might be interested it. I will be paying 100% OOP as well. With your costs being up where you said they were, was that just IVF egg retrieval and a fresh transfer? Or did you have additional things? $18,000 is a tad less than what my RE's office quoted for IVF w/ICSI (skip fresh transfer), mock cycle, and FET. I started seeing stars when that number was put in front of me! I was thinking it would only cost around $13,000 which is still overwhelming, but its just what I thought it would cost. </p> <p>@justdarling: Your doctor sounds almost like how my RE sounded. When I was meeting with him, he totally brushed over the fresh transfer following egg retrieval for all the reasons you stated. It makes sense to me, but I also didn't fully like the idea of waiting those extra months for embryo transfer, even though I fully understand the reasons for it. I totally like your idea of making this a game time decision. If I only get two good embryos, maybe it will sway my decision one way or another. But also, like the girl posted above about her sister, maybe the decision will be made for me if my body is just in no shape for a fresh transer. Thank you so much for giving me another option to consider and ask the RE office about. And best of luck with your upcoming FET. </p> <p>@Caly: Congraultions on your twins! I can't tell from your little profile picture - are they boy and girl? What was a tough decision for you? Were you trying to decide between fresh transfer and holding off for a controlled FET? Did you transfer two embryos? Thank you for your input. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233703 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:57:27 +0000 winter_wonder 2233703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: thank you! The first time I did ivf, I just felt sore after the transfer. I spent the weekend in bed with a heating pad and drinking Gatorade. But I didn't have any OHSS symptoms. I remember feeling perfectly fine after about 3 days or so.</p> <p>With our last round of ivf we used donor eggs so I didn't go through the egg retrieval or the recovery process. Let me know if you have other questions! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233700 Sat, 11 Jul 2015 12:50:07 +0000 agold 2233700@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: "why can't I be pregnant yesterday.." I totally understand this! It sounds like you had good reason to consider leaving your first clinic. If they didn't take blood tests regularly, I can see how some issues could easily be missed. Low AMH isn't great either. As I'm thinking back, my doctor didn't say anything too positive or negative about my AMH. I would have preferred a definitive response like "you are great" or "this is bad". What was the timeframe like from when you first started IVF to when you got pregnant? </p> <p>@brownie: Congratulations on your son. And I'm so sorry about the two failed sibiling attempts. </p> <p>@winter_wonder: You are very newly pregnant?!? Congratulations! Can I ask a couple questions: After your egg retrieval, how were you feeling before the fresh transfer a few days later? Did you experience any amount of OHSS? I'm really wanting to do a fresh transfer so I hope it will work out for me!</p> <p>@jaguar: Thank you for your input. Congratulations on your daughter and best of luck as you try for a sibling for her. I'm feeling very encouraged to hear that the fresh transfer right after the egg retrieval was successful for so many here. My RE more or less said that within the last year, it makes so much more sense to skip the fresh transfer. Which I suppose could be true, but its just so much money to skip a potentially good viable option. I'm going to check out your blog soon. Thank you for sharing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233477 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:21:20 +0000 Caly 2233477@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My twins are the result of a 3 day fresh transfer. I was unexplained...it's definitely a tough decision...good luck! :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233466 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 22:02:38 +0000 justdarling 2233466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My doctor only does FETs. He will do the egg retrieval one cycle, wait a cycle, and then do the transfer the next. He wants to give the woman a month to come down from the stims and provide and ideal environment for the transfer. The success rates really good - and it worked for me on the first try with a single embryo transfer. For us, this procedure wasn't any more expensive than other clinics who did it the traditional way, so that wasn't a concern for us. We are actually starting to prep for our second FET so that our LO will have a sibling.</p> <p>Is there a possibility of deciding to either do a fresh or a FET once you know how many embryos you get? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233443 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:11:26 +0000 mrswin 2233443@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@agold: My 12 week old DD is the result of our first fresh cycle and an eSET. I know that some clinics see better results with frozen protocols but a fresh cycle still generally has good success rates<br /> ETA: I understand the $ issue. Our cycle was 100% OOP and was almost $18,000 by the time we were all in </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233416 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:36:50 +0000 macintosh 2233416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 10 week old was a fresh IVF transfer baby. Our issue was male factor so we did ICSI and conceived in the first cycle. I was really lucky and we have 4 more frozen embryos. Its the freezing that is the expensive part, as we have to pay yearly for storage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ivf-w-fresh-embryo-transfer#post-2233415 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 20:35:27 +0000 FliegepilzHut 2233415@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had pregnancies after both 1 fresh and 1 frozen cycle. The fresh didn't turn out-- a "blighted ovum." I'm currently 35weeks pregnant with the frostie. :wink: </p>