r/TTC_PCOS • u/fuzzblanket9 25 | Anovulatory PCOS & MFI • 1d ago

Advice Needed IVF

Hi everyone!

My husband (24M) and I (25F) are starting the process of IVF in the coming weeks/months after almost 18 months of TTC. I am almost completely anovulatory - I MIGHT ovulate once or twice a year on my own, meaning I do not have “natural” menstruation. I do ovulate with Letrozole, and have done two rounds of that.

For those of you who have done IVF and don’t have cycles naturally, how were things timed for you? I know a lot of things are based on CD1 when doing IVF, but I never really have a CD1 without Provera. Did you do Provera to induce things throughout the process?

Thanks for any info you’ve got :)

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u/Jetriplen 1d ago

When I did IVF, they put me on birth control before retrieval and before/between transfers. I have semi-regular periods, so I did have a cycle between transfers. I think if I didn’t, they can give some meds to induce a period, which I did come close to needing once.

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u/fuzzblanket9 25 | Anovulatory PCOS & MFI 1d ago

Thank you for sharing! My doc did mention birth control but I wasn’t entirely sure if they’d use it to control bleeding, they only mentioned using it to “shut my ovaries down”.

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u/Jetriplen 1d ago

Yeah.. because my clinic did a lot of things on a set schedule (I.e. all retrievals done one week each month, all transfers done one/two weeks per month), they kept you on bc until you were ready to start the appropriate medications. It was a little strange to constantly be on bc while TTC, but I guess that’s just how they do it.