Comments on: Natural cycle IVF http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/ The inside view from a reproductive endocrinologist Tue, 15 May 2012 12:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Reena http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/comment-page-1/#comment-321941 Reena Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:29:10 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/#comment-321941 Dear Dr. Hello, I had both my tubes removed due to two ectopic pregnancies. I underwent my first ivf fresh cycle in december and it was unsuccessful. My doctor wants to do a natural cycle frozen embryo transfer (I have 5 blasts and she will transfer two). My doctor will be out of town when my transfer is supposed to be and wants to change my cycle using birth control. My question is, is it better to wait another month until my doctor is around rather than changing my cycle if the purpose of natural cycle is to mimic my regular cycle, it seems counterproductive to me to mess with my cycle if I am supposed to be doing natural cycle. Or is there no difference between waiting another month and using birth control to change my cycle. Thanks so much! Dear Dr.
Hello, I had both my tubes removed due to two ectopic pregnancies. I underwent my first ivf fresh cycle in december and it was unsuccessful. My doctor wants to do a natural cycle frozen embryo transfer (I have 5 blasts and she will transfer two). My doctor will be out of town when my transfer is supposed to be and wants to change my cycle using birth control. My question is, is it better to wait another month until my doctor is around rather than changing my cycle if the purpose of natural cycle is to mimic my regular cycle, it seems counterproductive to me to mess with my cycle if I am supposed to be doing natural cycle. Or is there no difference between waiting another month and using birth control to change my cycle. Thanks so much!

]]> By: Nathaniel http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/comment-page-1/#comment-182501 Nathaniel Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:29:18 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/#comment-182501 I agree with Scott that your figures for Natural Cycle IVF are high. The clinic we are using has an average cost for conventional IVF across the board and is about $4000 for Natural Cycle IVF. It seems that the clinic offering $9000 for Natural Cycle IVF is only doing so to discourage patients to use it. Which is a shame. I agree with Scott that your figures for Natural Cycle IVF are high. The clinic we are using has an average cost for conventional IVF across the board and is about $4000 for Natural Cycle IVF. It seems that the clinic offering $9000 for Natural Cycle IVF is only doing so to discourage patients to use it. Which is a shame.

]]> By: IVF-MD http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/comment-page-1/#comment-3851 IVF-MD Sun, 08 Mar 2009 16:30:10 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/#comment-3851 Scott, the fees I used for the calculation are just average estimates. It seems you have found a center that is cheap, but are you sure it's not across-the-board cheap and not just cheap for a natural cycle? So if it's $4000 for a natural-cycle, is it also less than $12000 for a stimulated cycle? In that case, it still would work out that a stimulated is more economical, even at that center. Good luck! Scott, the fees I used for the calculation are just average estimates. It seems you have found a center that is cheap, but are you sure it’s not across-the-board cheap and not just cheap for a natural cycle? So if it’s $4000 for a natural-cycle, is it also less than $12000 for a stimulated cycle? In that case, it still would work out that a stimulated is more economical, even at that center. Good luck!

]]> By: Scott http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/comment-page-1/#comment-3849 Scott Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:42:39 +0000 http://fertilityfile.com/2008/06/04/natural-cycle-ivf/#comment-3849 Just thought I'd leave a reply, since this is one of the first sites that popped up when my wife and I were researching natural-cycle ivf. We've actually found several clinics that are willing to offer natural-cylce ivf for considerably less than $9000. XXXXX in the XXXX area, for example, offers a cycle for $4000, some of which you may get back if the cycle is unsuccessful. So, for us, three cycles of natural-ivf at XXXXX is about the same finacially as one cycle of traditonal/stimulated ivf at our local clinic. And, with three cycles, the success rate is about the same as well. Since natural-cycle ivf is so much easier than traditional/stimulated ivf (no daily injections, minimal missed work, etc.), it proved to be the best option for us! Just thought I’d leave a reply, since this is one of the first sites that popped up when my wife and I were researching natural-cycle ivf.

We’ve actually found several clinics that are willing to offer natural-cylce ivf for considerably less than $9000. XXXXX in the XXXX area, for example, offers a cycle for $4000, some of which you may get back if the cycle is unsuccessful.

So, for us, three cycles of natural-ivf at XXXXX is about the same finacially as one cycle of traditonal/stimulated ivf at our local clinic. And, with three cycles, the success rate is about the same as well.

Since natural-cycle ivf is so much easier than traditional/stimulated ivf (no daily injections, minimal missed work, etc.), it proved to be the best option for us!

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