Starting with our very first IVF cycle this week and kinda nervous 🤞
Nurse says retrieval to happen tentatively around 18th Dec but then transfer can take place in early February too considering genetic testing takes weeks. Is this the norm? Just fearing the team is not unnecessarily delaying things owing to holiday break.

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That was my timeline. It takes about a week after retrieval to know if you get blasts, and then two weeks after that to get genetic test results. Then assuming you have normal embryos, you have to prep for your cycle and whether natural or medicated, it’ll take 2+ weeks for your body to get to the right level of endometrial thickness. All in all, 5 weeks is about the fastest, longer if you follow your natural cycles.

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It depends on whether they are planning a natural cycle FET or medicated FET, and how long your natural cycles are. If your cycles were 28 days, you’d be able to start monitoring as soon as your next period started and proceed with natural FET 2 weeks later assuming the genetics testing takes 2 weeks, because it happens 5 days after ovulation. But most clinics are closed for the holidays and there’s nothing you can do about it hence why you’re quoted February.

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I should caveat that genetics testing typically takes 2 weeks for PGT-A. So technically if you started your period Dec 28, you should be able to come in for natural cycle FET monitoring 10 days later on Jan 7 and they should be open by then. If you are doing PGT-M of specific diseases it will take longer which is why February.

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That is very normal. I am also anticipating an early February transfer! Sending lots of baby dust your day.

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Thank you and wish you the same

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This is normal. I had retrieval on 9/3 And transfer on 10/29 with genetic testing. RE wanted my body to go through a couple periods without meds to let my body rest.

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I started stims Sept 10, retrieved Sept 23, and transferred on Nov 11, so it was two months.

That is with my genetic testing results coming back within one week, they were quick, (was told it could be 2-3). Good luck, it's totally normal to be nervous, but you've got this!! :)

Mine was a medicated FET, so there was about 5 weeks of birth control, Lupron, estrogen, and progesterone leading up to the transfer

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