How long after chemo treatment with methotrexate I can go for egg retrieval?

[fay2399]

How long should I wait after molar pregnancy for egg retrieval?

I have been on low dose of methotrexate 15mg for 4 months. I find some forums to suggest to wait 180 days. However I did my last egg retrieval on 162 days. There was not enough cells for biopsy so is black box to me, I have one AB embryo and one BB and one BC.. I’m worried that they are impacted and being exposed to toxic chemicals. Does anyone know any academic source?

[stephkp]

The nhs says you need to have stopped methotrexate at least 6 months before trying for a baby. The manufacturer advises you need to be off it for at least 6 months also as it can cause embryonic and foetal abnormalities. I would speak to your fertility clinic regarding this. Hope this helps x

[fay2399 in reply to stephkp]

Thanks for the time you spent for the reply , my dr advised 3 months but oncologist suggested 6 months initially. I will do another egg retrieval anyway to see what happens. Hopefully I can test next round!

[Ivfgotadream]

I’d say 6 months too. I took methotrexate for an ectopic but it failed and I ruptured anyway - it’s very dangerous to a new pregnancy as it basically removed all folic acid from the body

[fay2399 in reply to Ivfgotadream]

Now I feel like I wasted my money! I already did 2 cycles because my dr said eggs are exposed only 90 days! Then my sister said maybe abnormality is because of chemo and then I googled and feel so bad to use those embryos!