Antibiotics after egg collection?

[Klmno]

Mumsnet has been very helpful for me as I commence my IVF journey and I have another question!
Just got some initial paperwork/schedule from my IVF clinic and it says I'll be given prophylactic antibiotics following egg collection.
I'm just wondering is this standard/do most clinics do this?
Would be interested to hear if most places do it
Particularly keen to hear if NHS clinics do because to be honest I kind of trust NHS to not prescribe things unnecessarily! I work in the NHS and it is quite evidence-based. I'm worried a private clinic might be prescribing them a bit unnecessarily?
I always always ALWAYS get thrush if I've been on antibiotics! Which I'm keen to avoid at the best of times and especially when hoping to become pregnant and also about to start taking pessaries etc! No other concerns about taking them just the fear of thrush!

Did you have testing done to suggest there is infection markers that could prevent implantation? Or have you had a bit of fluid in the uterus? Hopefully someone else has answers for you. I thought I'd just bump your post.

Thank you!
No, neither of those!

I’ve had antibiotics after both my egg collections for 3 days in total. It was a private clinic and not NHS funded.

Ah I’m glad I found your post. First two treatments were nhs and no antibiotics prescribed (and no subsequent infection) first private round and yes prophylactic antibiotics. I queried this as I am against taking them when uncessesary (for my own microbial world and also for the world in general). Clinic said, ‘you don’t have to but the only one person who didn’t take them got an infection’ which I dislike as a statement becuase a) it’s unlikely to be true and so makes me query their motives and b) wtf how bad are their practices that without antibiotics women would routinely get infections.

I don’t like it, but as I’m doing a 3 cycle package and have no time to waste as about to turn 40 I’m taking them.

My IVF clinic (NHS) gave me a single dose of amoxicillin just before egg collection - afaik it was standard. It’s safe in pregnancy and I had fresh transfer (which was successful).

I’m a big believer in the role of antibiotics during IVF - in fact I just took some doxycycline off my own back as I’m planning a FET in the small hope of a 2nd DC. But like you they can give me thrush - I just treat it with a single dose Canesten pessary (again generally considered pregnancy safe). Just make sure you are taking probiotics (I like Optibac for Women for the vaginal biome personally) as you don’t want to risk getting rid of all the good bacteria too!

LucasBuck? Have you had your frozen transfer and how was it. Are you successfully pregnant

@Tiffinay I did get pregnant again after taking the same antibiotic regime as my previous success. I tried multiple times before without even a sniff of a BFP - so taking the antibiotics for a 2nd time and 2nd time getting pregnant, may be coincidence or not?

However I miscarried this time - I’m gutted. The embryos were not PGTA tested though and I was age 40 when I made them (so I’m definitely too old to try again now to make more and DS will be an only child 🥲). So it’s highly probable that the reason I miscarried was that the embryos I had implanted were aneuploid (as the stats at age 40 are apparently that only 1 in 4 or 5 embryos are likely to be good - and I’d already had my healthy DS out of the 4 embryos I made).

@LucasBuckOk that’s sad. I’ve got my FET appointment on Friday but I had a interscan which they have seen on the left side of my cervix on the external there’s some blood. Which the clinician has told me that I might need a colposcopy which I feel like is a set back.