When to start IVF cycle again

[Hopesandsunshine]

Hi ladies, I’m in need of advice. My cycle has just been cancelled as I didn’t respond well to the medication and my follicles didn’t grow. The clinic have suggested going back to what works which is the long protocol. Time isn’t on my side with low AMH and wondering would you start as soon as the withdrawal bleed or wait until you have a ‘normal’ period and then start? Any advice would be helpful and good luck to everyone on their journey 🌈🤞🏼🥰

@Hopesandsunshine hope you are doing ok, I know how hard a cancelled cycle can be. I had to have my withdrawal bleed and then start on my next cycle. They actually asked me to take 21 days of contraceptive pill from date of withdrawal bleed to ‘reset’ me - their words not mine. And then scanned me day 2 of next period to make sure we could go ahead. Hope that helps

Ahhh okay and how did that work for you? I think I’ve decided I’m going to wait for my ‘normal’ period and then start. I think this journey is soo tough mentally and physically but thank you so much for answering. How are you? Have you done many more cycles? X

@Hopesandsunshine its a very hard journey isn’t it. I am currently on the cycle after my cancelled one. We are doing mild ivf. Egg collection is on Wednesday morning & doing my trigger shot shortly. Have got everything crossed we get a few good eggs that mean some embryos! Have you had a consultation with the doctor after your cancelled cycle? Helps to ask them as many questions you can think of x

Sorry you’ve had to go through that, it has happened to me in the past so I know how disheartening it is. I started again with a different protocol on my next cycle. My clinic’s logic was that because I hadn’t really responded to the stims, there was no need for my body to recover from anything. Ask your clinic what they recommend but they will probably just give you a medical answer, you might want some time out to emotionally recover as well. Good luck.

I had a cycle cancelled due to poor response to stims. I also had fewer follicles than expected. I had baseline scans for a few cycles and once the number of follicles was over a certain amount did IVF again (not a great response but better than before).

After that I did have more cycles cancelled but they were partly my decision as the egg collection was the most expensive part of treatment. So if I wasn't responding to stims on any particular attempt the consultant gave us the option to cancel. Obviously it was still pretty expensive for medication etc but it eventually did work and I had a baby a few months ago now.

I still remember the absolute kick in the teeth feeling of a cancelled cycle or fewer eggs collected than predicted, or the drop off after fertilisation, or getting to day 5 with nothing. It's so crap, and even within the shit show that is infertility for some people there seem to be more hurdles than others. Look after yourself as much as you can. 💐

This is such a great post @LongerthanMrTicklesarms, perfectly sums it up and so pleased you got your baby after all you’ve been through! Hope you’re enjoying every minute!