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IVF can I use my eggs

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Pcomum22 · 05/02/2026 21:18

Myself and my husband done ivf due to me having pco. We were entitled to 3 rounds of ivf on NHS. After I had egg collection I fell naturally pregnant so didnt need egg transfer. We have 8 eggs left from ivf cycle and was wondering how do we go about using them? We would like to try for another baby but would we still be entitled to ivf as we've had a natural birth now? I know we can use our eggs until im 40 years old (32 now) Thanks for any advice x8

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sirensong · 05/02/2026 22:11

Do you mean that you have 8 embryos frozen?

Call up the clinic and ask and also look up your care board info.

If you have to pay for a transfer it isn't the biggest part of the IVF cost.

aLogLady · 06/02/2026 07:00

It’s unlikely the nhs will cover any treatment as you already have a child (whether spontaneous or ivf, that’s a fairly universal rule). So your egg collection, as pp asked, were they fertilised? Are they embryos? Because yes absolutely you can use them but you’ll need to pay for transfers of embryos/fertilisation + transfer if they’re eggs.

can I ask, how did you become pregnant during your ivf round? Did you dtd close to retrieval? Or were you pregnant before then got stimmed? Just curious! My clinic were so strict about abstaining during ivf as the risk was having many multiples (even though I made very few eggs). It must have been brilliant news! :)

tirednessbecomesme · 06/02/2026 10:06

No once you have a child (either you or your husband) you are no longer entitled to NHS treatment - you will need to pay privately for any treatment involving those 8 eggs or embryos

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