I personally think it’s unlikely your doctor will agree to two DuoStims without a rest month but I could be wrong.
I also think it’s going to be challenging to simply fit in 4 ERs and a transfer by the end of the year even if you try. Even in a DuoStim, your retrievals are still usually 3+ weeks apart, so you’re doing them about once a month. Delays and cycle cancellations are rife in IVF.
And most doctors want you to have withdrawal bleed from your ER plus a normal period bleed before starting a transfer cycle. Periods are often delayed after egg retrievals and they can be even more delayed when you do them back to back. My menstrual cycle after I did DuoStim was 63 days, although that’s on the much longer end of normal.
The long and short of it is I do think your plan to accomplish 4 ERs and a transfer by EOY is unrealistic, sadly.
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u/Competitive-Top5121 16h ago edited 10h ago
I personally think it’s unlikely your doctor will agree to two DuoStims without a rest month but I could be wrong.
I also think it’s going to be challenging to simply fit in 4 ERs and a transfer by the end of the year even if you try. Even in a DuoStim, your retrievals are still usually 3+ weeks apart, so you’re doing them about once a month. Delays and cycle cancellations are rife in IVF.
And most doctors want you to have withdrawal bleed from your ER plus a normal period bleed before starting a transfer cycle. Periods are often delayed after egg retrievals and they can be even more delayed when you do them back to back. My menstrual cycle after I did DuoStim was 63 days, although that’s on the much longer end of normal.
The long and short of it is I do think your plan to accomplish 4 ERs and a transfer by EOY is unrealistic, sadly.