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 |
