Era test and fresh transfer

[Anita85]

Hey ladies,

Please help - I did an ERA test (medicated, as for a frozen transfer) that showed I was postreceptive on day 5.5

I am now doing stims and my doctor said we should try a fresh transfer... My question is - are the medicated ERA test results valid for a fresh transfer? I am supposed to transfer a 5day blast (hopefully we will have at least one from this cycle ) on day 5, obviously.

Thanks!

[Orangeflowers]

My clinic only do 5 day transfers and say ERA results only apply to frozen transfers. Hope this works for you x

[Anita85 in reply to Orangeflowers]

Thank you so much for your answer. Yes, it does help

[Millbanks]

Hi lovely,

ERA results are only valid for a frozen transfer that mimics your ERA protocol.

During a fresh transfer you can’t be as specific with the timing as the body is producing progesterone naturally xx

[Anita85 in reply to Millbanks]

Thank you so much, I begin to understand it all now 🥰

[Tnthketnf in reply to Millbanks]

Hi I was wondering if you can clarify something, when you say frozen you mean an HRT cycle?Because there's natural frozen where the body produces progesterone and most of the times they add some progesterone. Will an ERA be relevant in this case?

[Millbanks in reply to Tnthketnf]

Hiya, the ERA is relevant to whichever protocol you did when the ERA test. It has to mimic exactly what you did x

[Tnthketnf in reply to Millbanks]

Thanks.

[Bump12]

for a fresh transfer your body would be make some amount of progesterone anyways so the pessaries are an add on. Also it’s diff to know when your body started producing progesterone so really doesn’t make a difference regarding timing.

When did you start progesterone and when will you transfer be?

[Anita85 in reply to Bump12]

Thank you so much🥰! I am scheduled for the egg collection tomorrow at 10 am, so I have not started any progesterone yet. I had it tested on the day of the trigger (I.e. yesterday) and it came back: estrogen 1500 pg/ml, lh 8 miu/ml and progesterone 0.6 ng/ml

[Bump12 in reply to Anita85]

that’s good your estrogen level is well within normal range 😃😃

[Anita85 in reply to Bump12]

Also my dr said that I will start pessaries most probably on Tuesday, so 1 day after egg collection, in a hope that we have something to transfer on day 5 🙏

[Bump12 in reply to Anita85]

good luck for your egg collection tomorrow 🥰🥰

Do you know when your transfer will be ?

[Anita85 in reply to Bump12]

Thank you! 🥰 I don t know yet, I assume on Saturday, since day one of the embryo development should be Tuesday... my last egg collection was on a Monday as well, a freeze all cycle, and they called me about my 5 day blast on Saturday and that is when they froze it as well

[Bump12 in reply to Anita85]

hey how did it go? Xx

[Anita85 in reply to Bump12]

Hey! You are so kind, thank you for remembering. I had 6 oocytes retrieved, 4 of which mature, all 4 fertilized, all 4 got to be a very good 3 day embryos (10 and 8 cells). I did a fresh day 3 transfer, with Intralipid, prednisone, tacrolimus and aspirin, plus 1 pessary a day. So far so good, keeping all fingers crossed this time we will have a baby!

[Bump12]

I had my egg collection on Friday and my embryo transfer is on Wednesday. I was asked to start progesterone Friday night xx