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Anyone done low or mini stim IVF?

IBackBevoIBackBevo member
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I am still seriously debating this whole IVF to freeze my eggs scenario.  One of my biggest concerns is whether with my DOR/very low AFC (~4-5) I will be able to get any (or enough to feel comfortable postponing TTC #2 for a few years) grow to 5 day blasts in one cycle.  At ~$15k+ a pop, I really can't see doing more than one cycle.  Plus, I'm worried about how I am going to respond to the meds--i.e. how miserable they will make me--as I seem to be really sensitive to hormonal changes/fluctuations.  I started looking into low and mini stim IVF.  The idea behind it is that you just use clomid or femara to stim instead of injectable meds. It is about 1/2 to 1/3 the cost and there is minimal meds cost. However, typically only a few eggs are retrieved a cycle...but if I'm already starting out with so few eggs anyway, I wonder if it will even make a difference. My other thought process is also that I've done Clomid before and even though it made me sort of crazy, my thought process is honestly that maybe the devil I know is better than the devil I don't know.  Has anyone done or tried this?  Did you have any success?              
IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014

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Re: Anyone done low or mini stim IVF?

  • IBackBevoIBackBevo member
    Edit: That should be IVF to freeze embryos.
    IF DX: DOR & Fragile X pre-mutation carrier
    2011: FSH 13.3 & E 99; AMH 0.54 2nd FSH 6.2 E 40's AFC: 8
    BFP from Clomid/IUI ~ Pre-e and IUGR during pregnancy ~ DS born 9/4/12
    Feb./March 2013: AMH less than 0.16 (undectable) and AFC = 4;
    BFP from supps ~ DS#2 due May 2014

    May 2014 January Siggy Challenge:
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  • LnR70707LnR70707 member
    My FET cycles were called mini-stim, but we did use injectables, just a much lower dose.   Had they been cycles with retrievals, I don't think we would have had much success.  The first round showed 8 mature follicles, but based on my E2 levels, half of those were probably empty or crappy eggs.  2nd time they stimmed me even slower and we only got 1 mature follicle.


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    2 years, 2 surgeries, 2 clomid fails, 2 IUIs, 1 loss, IVF #1 - 10/25/10 = BFP!, DS is now 3.5yrs!
    TTC #2 - 6/12 surgery #3, FET #1 & 1.2 = BFN, 12/2012 FET #2 = BFP! DD is 1.5 yrs!
    Surprise! 12/16/14 BFP, loss #2 12/31/14

    I can't wait for the "im getting a divorce" post in 5 years or so because your husbands were fed up with your disgusting chair asses from playing on the knot all day and getting fired 4-5 times for not doing any work. you guys are all winners!! ~ Laur929

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  • TJ1979TJ1979 member
    I had severe wicked reactions to clomid, ranging from the normal clomid crazies and hot flashes that had me ripping of my clothes wherever I stood, up to vision changes, vertigo, and ending up in the hospital over 4 different Cycles. I took femara 3 times with zero adverse reactions. I know that has nothing to do with Ivf, but just wanted you to know that you can react differently to them bc they are different types of drugs. I would think similar could be said of injects, but don't know for sure.
    TTC with PCOS since November 2009
    IUI#1 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP, m/c
    IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
    IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
    beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
    beta #2 11/28 = 2055
    Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
    Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
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