Please any tips to choose natural or medicated FET?

[Olivia1980xxx]

Hello ladies please I really need some advice about anything to do with FET cycle.

I went through my last fresh cycle on end of the January which ended BFN. I have a 4 frostie which I will definitely ask to put two back in ...but the questions is to go through natural or medicated cycle?

I don’t have any idea how long is and what meds and what best to do?

Beginning of April after my OTD I start bleeding for around 11 days ...I was mentally and physically drained so I need to get my self back to “normal “.

I all ready had another bleeding after that but was 32 days after which I always had my period every 28 days..now I should get my another bleeding 3 days ago but doesn’t look like will come in less will show up in couple days.

I spoke with my hubby last night to go through FET cycle in July but he ask me which one ?

I’m not sure if natural could be good for me seeing how my period is coming but maybe I’m wrong I really don’t know😔

Please ladies for all help and suggestions I will be so much appreciate xx

[Cinderella5]

Hi Olivia, I have only done a fully medicated FET or a semi medicated FET (without down regulation on day 21). In my opinion doing the semi medicated is soooo much better! I hate buserelin, it makes me feel absolutely awful!! So I just wait for a bleed and once I have full flow, I start on progynova to help build my lining, have a scan after 8 days of meds to check my lining and adjust drugs where necessary and rescan if necessary and when ready start progesterone before transfer around 5/6 days prior. I wasnt keen on doing a fully natural FET as this relies heavily on ovulation so this option takes the uncertainty out of things. Best of luck with what you decide.xx

[Olivia1980xxx in reply to Cinderella5]

Thank u hun .

So there is medicated and semi medicated and natural?

I only know how fresh is “working”...(went through 3).

From my second one I have a little baby girl 2 years old and when she was two months old I had my first period and after that come back like in clock 28days...

Just now after my 3rd failed cycle things went completely different.

This last cycle was the worst one I went through...before I start injections they find a cyst which they drain ...I was in so much pain after EC...and the all thing was two weeks longer us it should be.

I don’t mind injections I’m ok with that.

The only thing doctor told me on last visit that if we decide to go through FET we need the to call them few weeks before so they can order meds .

We didn’t get any more info from him no even explain what is he thinking to do .

[Gueritarubia in reply to Olivia1980xxx]

Sorry to hear about your third cycle and cyst. I had hoped for a natural FET but do some blighted cysts that didn’t seem to want to disappear, they cannot monitor the follicles to predict ovulation. So, semi-medicated it is. On my 2ww now. Cycles can be so different! My first (long protocol) was a disaster, my second (short with double trigger) was brilliant, got me pregnant right away (gorgeous girl now) and Have a bunch of frozen blasts we’re using now to try for a sibling.

Hope they can change your meds if you’re going to try again. I didn’t believe my doctor when he said the next cycle could be very different, but he clearly prove his point when I went from tons of eggs and plenty fertilised ones to none to transfer first cycle, to eight high grade blasts the second cycle... so weird. Hang in there!

OP: I’d go as natural as you can (less side effects!) but semi medicated does offer the benefit of planning upfront and less worries about pinning ovulation. Good luck!

[Olivia1980xxx in reply to Gueritarubia]

Thank u hun for replay.

How strange is all this IVF process...my very first cycle (I was 34) I was on menopur low dosage and they collected 11 eggs. I had blastocyst and morula transferred but nothing to frezze and didn’t work. We where devastated but when it come to my body recovery was good and no pain.

With my second one I was on gonal f 300 and they only collected 6 eggs . I had grade A transferred and the same grade only one to freeze . So from that I have my baby girl . Both those cycles my body recovery was good no cyst no pain ...smooth.

But this 3rd one now ...

I was on gonal f 375 and they collected 14 eggs 10 was mature and 6 fertilise .

I had one grade A+ put back and another 3 grade A to freeze.

But this time my lining was to thick to start injections,my oestrogen level was high and they find cyst 22mm which they drain and I was all good to start injections. But I was in pain after EC just didn’t felt right.

The only thing doctor answer when I ask if is medicated can meds for frozen cycle can trigger the cyst...he said no ...

My body change so much after having a baby ....but my period was always every 28 days and I don’t have a problem with ovulation every month.

Now my last period I get day 32.

Now is turn for another one which meant to come 3 days ago but look like “is taking his time”...

I will prefer very less meds like u said that could be much better for me now .

How this work with semi medicated hun? When exactly starts and how long it is ?

Thank u ever so much xx