Stopping stims/cancelled EC...any experience?

[Rosiestraws]

Hi ladies I've posted another thread about not being sure if i should go ahead with only 3 follicles (but 1 being on an inaccesible ovary so basically only 2 an opition) for an egg freezing cycle.

I'm thinking now maybe I go ahead with stims (they start tonight) for the next few days until my scan on Thurs and see how it's going and then if still only 2 follicles/not much change then I stop stims. (Thereby not having used one of my cycles- I'd only have to pay for the 2 scans I've had and replace the medications I've used so far). Does anyone have any experience of similar? Any issues with this? I'm thinking it must be ok because I know it could be cancelled right before egg collection for various reasons so surely stopping part way through the stims is ok too? Obviously I would tell my clinic and follow whatever procedures they say but it must be ok to do this?

If you've done this did you have any strange side effects such as heavier period or anything?

Thanks

Hi Rosie, I had this happen several times, with no ill-effects apart from feeling super disappointed.
My AMH is low so some months I had a baseline scan and the clinic decided not to start stims at all, other times I started stims but if the response wasn't good I stopped.

My clinic also did mid-cycle stims just after ovulation, so had a scan after ovulation to check antral follicle count and then start stims if it was good.
In terms of embryo banking there was the option to start stimming again a few days after EC. I didn't do that as it wasn't convenient for me (the clinic is in Spain) but they said they had good results from that.

I was on short protocol and also had testosterone gel.
I got more eggs than expected a few times and less than expected other times but they were usually mature.

Hi @Rosiestraws my friend has a DOR and is under Mr Gudi and has done this lots of times. He's very experienced with DOR so would monitor her and say when to start stims and at one point she did luteal phase stims. Sometimes she would need to stop as not responding. Your plan sounds sensible. If your clinic is not used to dealing with DOR then you might want to give this a go and if things don't go well then have a look for a specialist clinic that understands DOR.