First FET … what’s the process

[SH998]

Hi all,
Im hoping to begin my first FET in a few weeks but unsure of the process. Any advice would be much appreciated x

@SH998 heyyy welcome ! I just had a FET !!

so there is two protocols , short one and long one .
normally the standard one is long one which takes 8 weeks . Short one is 4 weeks .
long one -
1- when your period starts you ring the clinic and let them know .
2- day 21- you start norethisterone - to stop your period from starting until clinic tell you ti stop taking the tablets - normally for 5-14 days . Depending on clinic availability .
once you stop notethisterone , period starts 2-4 days after that.

3- you’re period starts and one week later you start taking oestrogen patches on your leg and small tablets estrogen too . It’s to thicken your lining of your womb for trasfer . You do this for 3 weeks with 2 scans in between . One scan after 2 weeks and second scan on week 3 .
mid lining is good on last scan week 3 then you start taking progesterone for the next 2 weeks until pregnancy test as well as all the other meds you been taking for last 3 weeks . to allow implantation of the embryo .
trasfer will be booked 5 days to 7 days after last scan .
then you go for trasfer and carry on meds for the next 2 weeks until pregnancy test . And that’s it ❤️❤️❤️🙏🏻 Hope I helped .

short protocol .

1 week before you’re normal period you go to clinic to get a small rice size bullet inserted under your skin near belly button to stop your ovulation for the following cycle .
then when the period starts , 7 days after that you go for a scan to make sure ovary’s are quiet and not creating follicles . Then if all is quiet you start oestrogen patches same day to thicken the lining . You do that for 7 days and go back for a scan to make sure lining is nice a thick . If it’s right thickeness you start progesterone as well as the patches after the scan to thicken the lining and start progesterone pessaries to let implantion to happen . then trasfer will be booked 5-7 days after this scan . Then you go for trasfer after while carrying in with meds until pregnancy test 🥰🙏🏻 Normally they will prescribe injection progesterone as well as your pessaries after trasfer too to support progesterone levels even more .

I'm on a slightly different protocol. I've been on Buserelin for 6 weeks to down regulate. I started taking this Day 21 of last cycle, I got a bleed about 12 days later and then started on estrogen.

Finally off Buserelin now, but had several scans and increased oestrogen (vaginally) to increase my lining. (5 doses a day)

Today I started on progesterone pessaries x2

FET is this Friday

Mine was different again! Seems each clinic has its own protocol. I am fairly sure the below as mine, definitely only took around 2 weeks.

CD1: call clinic to book on
CD2: Scan and start oestrogen tablets
CD9 or 10: Scan and start progesterone
CD15: Transfer

OTD was 10 days later. So simple compared to a full IVF cycle!

Mine was also different. I started estrogen tablets on CD2. Scan at CD10. If all on track, start progesterone CD16. Transfer on CD20

That should be start progesterone on CD15

Oh goodness, all above is a lot to take in so I’ll need time to read through all the comments and take it in lol :). Thank you all so much for the comments, it’s interesting to see how many areas/individuals are treated differently.
I’ve already gone through first collection which I sadly lost at 8 weeks but have no idea of the FET. Good luck to you all ladies, let’s hope this thread will be carried on and we will all have happy news :) xx

I’m different again @SH998

I do natural modified transfers which is your natural cycle, plus some scans and ovulation tracking. Tell them when you get a positive and they schedule you in. You take progesterone but nothing else.

It’s probably a good idea to ask your clinic what they do as standard, you’ll probably be on that unless you ask for something else.

Mine is the same as this. With the cycle before that being a mock cycle and decapeptyl injection plus ultrasound to check uterine thickness.

Good luck xx