4 New Natural Cycle IVF (NCIVF) Pregnancies - Is this you?

Hello Everyone!

Yesterday was a special day for us at Dominion Fertility. Four new clinical NCIVF pregnancies were diagnosed on ultrasound in one day. So far, we are off to a very strong start this year in our NCIVF program. Please note that 3 of these 4 patients achieved their pregnancy in their first treatment of NCIVF and the fourth in her second treatment. We are now finding that 64% of our pregnancies occur with the first embryo transfer and 21% with the second embryo transfer. Please see my last post for more details regarding our stats. Our Natural Cycle IVF web site stats will be updated shortly.

So, here are their stories that I would like to share with you:

Two Patients With Diminished Ovarian Reserve:

1. T.K. is a 39 yr old military officer, with primary infertility for the past 8 years. She first came to see me on Jan 28, 2010. Her evaluation at Walter Reed medial center revealed an abnormal day 3 FSH level of 13.3 We performed NCIVF in March with embryo transfer of one embryo but she was unsuccessful with her first attempt. The very next month we again performed NCIVF and this time she naturally produced 2 ova which resulted in embryo transfer of 2 blastocysts with ultrasound confirmation of a singleton intrauterine pregnancy yesterday. Obtaining 2 ova is unusual as most natural cycles usually result in just a single egg.

2. M.M. is a 36 year old nurse practitioner with primary infertility for one year. She first came to see me on November 11, 2009. Her evaluation demonstrated decreased ovarian reserve with her serum AMH level of 0.9 (normal >2.0), and an abnormal day 3 estradiol of 87pg/ml. She was first treated with Clomid - IUI but this was unsuccessful. So, she underwent her first NCIVF and on April 8, she had a single blastocyst embryo transfer with her pregnancy confirmed yesterday on ultrasound. She has been referred back to her Obstetrician for Ob care.

Male Factor with Testicular Biopsy and NCIVF:

3. L.M. is a 30 year old financial advisor with primary infertility whose husband underwent a vasectomy in 2000. Successful testicular biopsy was performed followed by her first NCIVF treatment with embryo transfer on April 3. Yesterday, a single intrauterine pregnancy was diagnosed by ultrasound at 7 weeks gestation and she has been referred to her obstetrician.

Infertility after a Vasectomy Reversal:

4. C.C. is a 24 year old who had been infertile for one year who presented to us on December 15, 2009. Her male partner underwent a vasectomy 14 years ago with a vasectomy reversal (vasovasotomy) 10 years ago. Unfortunately, this resulted in very poor sperm quality with a low sperm count, motility and morphology. She underwent her first NCIVF treatment with embryo transfer of one blastocyst embryo on April 14. This resulted in a viable intrauterine pregnancy confirmed yesterday by ultrasonography.

We have treated many patients with all different types of infertility using NCIVF and we remain enthusiastic with our experience and results obtained. Congratulations to our most recently successful NCIVF patients! Michael DiMattina, M.D.