Endometrial biopsy/scratch: what has been your experience?

[Ac22]

I have had 2 failed FETs. My consultant has given me a load of options as add ons for our next fet. I was thinking of doing the scratch because it's the only one that had any shred of evidence as well as PGT-A .

What has your experience been of it? Would you recommend it?

[McQueeny]

Hiya. We did the scratch before ivf - it was recommended while we were TTC.... in our case it didn’t help - we ended up doing IVF. But there are loads of possible reasons for that . in terms of the procedure itself it was fine, I don’t think any pain or anything like that....

[Ac22 in reply to McQueeny]

Thank you for your reply. It is so hard to know when there is no direct evidence.

[Hanj10]

I had the scratch as part of NK cell testing and I got pregnant the month after - but miscarried. We then did ICSI and PGTA due to 5 miscarriages. I had one failed FET in december with PGTA normal embryo so next FET we did the scratch and I'm now pregnant so I can't say it was definitely the scratch but personally I think it's worth a try!

[Ac22 in reply to Hanj10]

Thank you and congratulations! I am leaning towards it because I feel like I need to do something different this time to improve the chances. So far I have had 2 medicated cycles and none of my embryos implanted. Enjoy the next stage!

[Hicketts]

I had the scratch and was part of a study to see how effective it was. I was successful with it, however, when I asked for the results of the research they found no clear evidence. That was 4 years ago so things might have changed. This time round I didn’t have the scratch - test day is Friday.

[Ac22 in reply to Hicketts]

I think it improves your chances of live birth by 5% according to my consultant. He was very clear that they are add ons and if I was with the NHS, they wouldn't even offer or suggest it at this stage.

Wishing you best of luck with your test!

[Hicketts in reply to Ac22]

Thank you, I’ve got everything crossed. It could be worth a try then. It did hurt but it only takes 10 seconds. Wish you luck whatever you choose to do x