What is a “partial cycle” of IVF?

[EL8888]

Sorry if lm being thick but what is a partial cycle of IVF? My local area offer 1 partial cycle of IVF and lm confused what that includes?

A full cycle constitutes the transfer of a fresh embryo and all viable frozen. If say, you have 1 fresh transfer and 2 embryos left for the freezer but your area only funded the transfer of 1 or none of those frozen, it would be a partial cycle. You would then have to pay to transfer any remaining frozen embryos.

@EL8888 how did you find out what your local area offered? Was it available online?

@HelloBrass the fertility fairness website has all the info and links to most, if not all, ccg's policies.

@Zest11 thanks for the info

@HelloBrass this link should help: www.fertilityfairness.co.uk/

Unfortunately it’s a postcode lottery and it varies a lot. Fingers crossed your area have a reasonable policy for it

Great, thank you both