Natural IVF

jekomo · September 2011

Has anyone looked into this? I'm really curious about it because my friend at work is considering doing it and keeps telling me to check it out. She has cyclic vomiting syndrome and has been told that she probably won't be able to carry a baby without triggering her illness. She is probably going to have to use a surrogate, but the drugs for regular IVF for her to have eggs retrieved would also make her sick.

I read a little bit this morning on Natural IVF, and it sounds like it wouldn't give a normal "unexplained" infertile any higher of a chance than an IUI with injectibles?

Just wondered if anyone had any experience with this?

Mrs.Slick · September 2011

How would one produce multiple follicles with natural IVF? I don't know if I would put that much faith into such an enormous procedure with only one, maybe two follicles.

ukcats27 · September 2011

Mrs.Slick:
How would one produce multiple follicles with natural IVF? I don't know if I would put that much faith into such an enormous procedure with only one, maybe two follicles.

Agreed.

Mrs.Slick · September 2011

Oh and cyclic vomiting syndrome sucks. I had a student with it a few years ago. I know it's usually outgrown in childhood but I can't imagine going through that long term.

jekomo · September 2011

Yeah, she has been hospitalized over 80 times for it. She is stable on medication, but can't be on it if she gets pregnant, and every time she tries to stop the medication, she gets sick.

Mrs.Slick · September 2011

jekomo:
Yeah, she has been hospitalized over 80 times for it. She is stable on medication, but can't be on it if she gets pregnant, and every time she tries to stop the medication, she gets sick.

Does she know what her triggers are? My student really got to a point were it was manageable once he knew his triggers were.

Mrs.McIrish · September 2011

jekomo:

Has anyone looked into this? I'm really curious about it because my friend at work is considering doing it and keeps telling me to check it out. She has cyclic vomiting syndrome and has been told that she probably won't be able to carry a baby without triggering her illness. She is probably going to have to use a surrogate, but the drugs for regular IVF for her to have eggs retrieved would also make her sick.

I read a little bit this morning on Natural IVF, and it sounds like it wouldn't give a normal "unexplained" infertile any higher of a chance than an IUI with injectibles?

Just wondered if anyone had any experience with this?

It would ensure that fertilization takes place and you can look at the resulting embie to see who it develops. So I think the chance is a higher than an IUI where you don't know if fertilization even takes place.

brookelynpaisley · September 2011

Mrs.McIrish:
jekomo:

Has anyone looked into this? I'm really curious about it because my friend at work is considering doing it and keeps telling me to check it out. She has cyclic vomiting syndrome and has been told that she probably won't be able to carry a baby without triggering her illness. She is probably going to have to use a surrogate, but the drugs for regular IVF for her to have eggs retrieved would also make her sick.

I read a little bit this morning on Natural IVF, and it sounds like it wouldn't give a normal "unexplained" infertile any higher of a chance than an IUI with injectibles?

Just wondered if anyone had any experience with this?

It would ensure that fertilization takes place and you can look at the resulting embie to see who it develops. So I think the chance is a higher than an IUI where you don't know if fertilization even takes place.

Maybe. I think we've all seen fert reports with less than 100% fertilization - in fact, I don't recall a fert report with 100%. Part of the success of IVF comes from being able to produce multiple follicles and eggs and being able to choose the cream of the crop to transfer. Without meds, you have to take what you get, and there may not be any fertilization, or what does fertilize may not be of the proper quality for ET. And on top of it, these lower chances come with the same risks and costs of any other IVF/ER procedure (meds aside).

amandaleigh1 · September 2011

Your friend might also want to look into IVM-- in vitro maturation (https://www.ivf-infertility.com/ivm.php). I don't know that it is widely done. As I understand it, they take immature follicles out of the ovary, and then mature them outside the body in a dish, thus avoiding all those drugs.

Someone I know who lost an ovary to OHSS after her first (sucessful) IVF mentioned it as something she was interested in to avoid such issues in future attempts.

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