I finally made contact with our consultant from Reprofit in the Czech Repulic regarding our IVF procedure using donor embryos. She informed me that we will not lose the embryos we selected if we postpone because they are reserved through the end of February. However, my monthly cycle started on the 30th of December, which would have me starting my cycle for February around the 28th of January. If that should happen, my transfer would have to take place over the weekend of February 17th and 18th. In the past, all of my past IVF procedures scheduled the frozen embryo transfers on the 19th day of my cycle. I'm not sure if the 20th or the 21st days will work because I had to come in the day before the transfer for an ultrasound, then the next day the transfer. I will have to check with the clinic to determine if they can do the ultrasound on Friday the 16th or possibly Saturday the 17th. Honestly, I'm not sure if I want to twist fate, since the 19th day was successful for our last transfer. Not that I'm superstitious or anything;)
Now here I am again wondering if I will need to postpone our embryo transfer for another month. There are things you can do to hold off your cycle. However, I'm not sure I want to risk it or if I can now. I used birth control for our last transfer to control when it started. I also ended up using an herbal remedy to start my cycle on the exact day we needed it to start for scheduling. We lucked out and everything worked out well. I'm worried for this time around because we are using airline miles for this trip to the Czech Republic. I'm not sure how easy it is to reschedule my ticket if the timing is off and we have to postpone. We would also like to save as many miles as possible in case we need to make the trip again. I may have to use more miles for the trip if I have to go in March.
There are other medical options that can be used to hold off your
cycle for an IVF procedure. Although, it is recommended that you plan ahead of time for this. Unfortunately, I missed the window of opportunity for this. These options
have also never worked out for me because I have not been able to find a
doctor to prescribe the medications needed here in the US. Since we are doing our IVF abroad, the prescriptions written by the
foreign doctor have not been considered verifiable her in the US. Albeit, I would
have had to go through Reprofit's pharmacy and have them send me the
medications. Frankly, my husband the attorney has never been too keen
on this idea so I have never done it. Up til now I have been able to plan our transfers around
my regular cycles. However, I did have help from our consultant with
Miracles Waiting, Paloma. Something to keep in mind if you are considering IVF abroad, going through the clinic vs. a private service such as Miracles Waiting or My IVF Alternative.
It's frustrating to think that I may have to postpone again. If my cycle can hold off for one day everything will be fine! Or if it wants to start a couple of days early, that would be great as well. So I will be crossing my fingers. If we have to postpone, then there's also the fact that our donor embryo's are only reserved until the end of February. While my husband and I understand that we may have to go with a different set of donor embryos, we feel connected to these and would like to hold on to them. We will see what happens.
As for now, I will schedule my flights as if everything will go as planned. Wishful thinking at this point is better than negative thinking, right? I may hold off on the hotel reservations though, because its harder to cancel or reschedule the hotel arrangements. There's always a big risk in losing your money. I can hold off and hopefully still find some good rates as we get closer to the date.
Please feel free to email me with any questions you may have about IVF abroad, Reprofit or Embryo Donation or if you are looking for a cycle buddy. My email address is WeTravelledforIVF@gmail.com. Until next time....
