NC-IVF

[Pinktootie]

Any one ever heard of natural cycle IVF?
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[cure65roses]

The cost for natural ivf is around $5000.  My dr.'s office said the cost of regualr ivf is between 6-10 thousand.  In all honesty, i think i would go for the full ivf and maybe ask the dr. if there is any way to keep the cost as minimal as possible.

[empty]

i must say i agree with lmcrt. i wouldnt do a natural ivf cycle. this was my first ivf cycle and i got 12 eggs. 4 fertilized and 3 made it to blasto but only one was a good solid embie for transfer. Given that youre going through so much with IVF, i would definately go with a medicated cycle that gives you the best chances.

good luck

[lmcrt]

I think it would be insane to have a natural IVF cycle. Why have a retrival with only able to get one good egg thats mature. Theres a really good chance that egg won't be good enough for transfer and success. I'm just an example. I had 13 eggs retrieved, 12 matured and only 6 fertilized with ICSI out of the 6 only 3 made it to 5 days blastocyte stage. They transferred two and I am pregnant with a singleton. If your really want to get pregnant go all the way. But if your really stuck on natural methods I would at least try clomid with it.

[cure65roses]

I asked the same question a few weeks ago, I think it's pretty cool, if you are a good responder to minimal medications.  The success rate is around 40% ish i think, compared to the 60% ish of a full blown IVF.  One of the keys is that they use local anesthesia instead of general anesthesia.  Less invasive since there's fewer eggs to retrieve....   I thought it was pretty interesting.

[dnikki0928]

I read it in a Fertility Magazine once at my RE's office - also read about Clomid IVF...I asked my RE about it, and he said he wasn't crazy about the idea. I don't see a problem with it!!