Fresh Vs Frozen. Pros and cons please

I went with a frozen transfer because all the studies show that it yields better results, and I’m tired of going through this process so I wanted what was going to hopefully work the best. My FET was on January 21 and I found out on Monday that I’m pregnant

Congratulations 🎊🎉 that's amazing. Do you need to take more meds to prepare for the FET

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Thank you! Yes, more than I expected. I’m still taking endometrium vaginally, PIO injections and Estrace orally

Our first round was a fresh transfer and it was unsuccessful. Our second round was a frozen one, I was taking less meds than the first round and we now have a 9 month old.

I hear this alot. Congratulations on your lil one 🎉Did you need to take injections for the frozen round or just oral meds and suppositories?

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Thank you and I took suppositories before my frozen transfer

Okay thanks, I'm taking suppositories now x

Frozen for me and I’m 15w4d. I chose to do genetic testing and needed a break before transfer. Good luck!

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Congratulations 🎉 thanks. We're not doing any testing x

I’ve had two frozen and one fresh. The fresh is the one that worked for me. In my opinion though that had more to do with the quality of my eggs (and therefore embryos) from that round and also the skill of my embryologist (I changed clinic). Also, there are a lot more frozen transfers than fresh that take place and I sometimes wonder if that leads to the stats suggesting frozen has higher success 🤷🏻‍♀️ ultimately it’s your choice and I’d go for whatever you feel most comfortable with at the time. You have to make the decision pretty much at egg collection so you start your meds at the right time but it’s not essential before. Wishing you lots of luck!

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Thanks for elaborating. I'm waiting to find out the grade of the embryos as the embryologist did not offer this information today. I guess that will play a role into the decision too

My two FETs were actually three embryos, I had a single transfer and then a double embryo transfer. They were all top grade AA and AB. I don’t know what my fresh was but I didn’t ask either so that’s on me. But I’ve never found out grades before the day they’re frozen so while each clinic is different, try to have in mind what would be an embryo you would and would not transfer before transfer day so that you’re not making the decision on the actual day itself, you’ve already decided on what your ‘line’ is .. does that make sense?

Frozen higher success rates. I'm 13 weeks pregnant with frozen, fresh was not successful x

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Thank you for your input. I've just checked through my clinics paperwork and it states fresh has better success rates. That's very different to what I'm used to reading. Photo attached

The success rates are higher for FET as it gives your body a chance to recover from the meds and EC. Also FET babies are said to be of a normal weight, similar to those conceived without ART, whereas fresh transfers are usually a lower birth weight which can lead to issues later in life.

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Yes I have never heard about these risks associated with FET Vs Frozen. I'd be grateful if you could show evidence of this

Where did you get this information from?

Success rates for my clinic are higher for fresh transfers

https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/ivf-linked-to-lower-birth-weight-and-child-growth/

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Thank you for this. In this recent study they analysed the data looking at factors other than method of conception to try to understand the findings. I hope you find this helpful. https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2022/01/birth-weight-ivf.php

I did read another study which I can't seem to find. I think you'll have to Google it.