Which IVF is right for me?

Natural IVF? Mini Stim IVF? Conventional IVF?

When you come in for your consult about IVF with our team, we will take into account your goals, your fertility and medical history, and your exam to help you decide the best path moving forward. We offer personalized, Conventional IVF, as well as Mini Stim IVF and Natural IVF. The chart below may help you understand some of the things we take into account when we are designing our recommended treatment plan. Be sure to contact us if you have questions or would like to make an appointment to discuss these options.

	Natural IVF	Mini Stim IVF	Conventional IVF
Age	Any age, as long as you ovulate regularly	Any, Ideal between ages 35 – 42	35 and younger with good ovarian reserve
Who is best suited for each type of IVF? If you:	have diminished ovarian reserve	have either normal ovarian reserve and diminished ovarian reserve	Want as many eggs as possible
	have blocked tubes/tubal disease	have blocked tubes/tubal disease	Ok with conventional doses of medication
	have certain types of cancer	are at high risk of hyperstimulation	Unsuccesful IUI cycles
	want a holistic approach	want a holistic approach	Male factor infertility
	don’t tolerate injectible medications	have PCOS	Donor egg IVF
	are a poor responder to Conventional IVF protocol	are a poor responder to Conventional IVF protocol
	have male factor infertility	have male factor infertility
	prefer no anesthesia for egg retrieval	prefer no anesthesia for egg retrieval
	have been told you must do donor egg	want a protocol personalized to your body
	are a same sex female couple who does not choose IUI	do not want twins
	have had unsuccesful IUI cycles	have failed with Conventional IVF
	have multiple failed Conventional IVF cycles
Pros	Want high quality eggs	Better egg and embryo quality	More embryos because more eggs are retrieved on average
	Low cost	Relatively low cost	High success rate per egg retrieval
	Prefer no anesthesia for egg retrieval	Prefer no anesthesia for egg retrieval
	No risk of hyperstimulation	Low risk of hyperstimulation
	No medication side effects
	Low risk of twins
	Want a protocol personalized to your body
Cons	May take several retrievals to result in pregnancy since only one or two eggs are retrieved	It make take good prognosis patients who have unexplained infertility more cycles than if they do Conventional IVF	Medication side effects
	It may take multiple retrievals to have enough to do genetic testing on the embryos		May result in poorer egg and embryo quality
			Higher cost
			May produce excess embryos
			Higher hyperstimulation risk
Medicine	Zero fertility medications	Minimal, low-dose fertility medications	Multiple fertility medications
	Lupron or hCG to trigger ovulation	Lupron or hCG to trigger ovulation	Lupron or hCG to trigger ovulation