1st IVF cycle failed- what next?

I’ve just found out my first IVF cycle has failed, which was my NHS round. For background I have PCOS and we have a slight morphology issue.

I’m now exploring options to self fund my next round but wondered what people’s experiences were with the following:

- how long did you wait before doing a 2nd round?
- did you stay with the same clinic or move to an alternative?
- was a 2nd round more successful or did it take more than 2?

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Ahh I’m sorry. It usually does take more than 1 round unfortunately. I posted this on another post, might be helpful:

Are you going nhs? If your hospital offers this, I’d pay for a consultant led process (ours cost about £1k more than standard nhs after we’d done our free round). Worth every penny. Standard nhs doesn’t really change protocol based on the patient. I’d advocate for everyone going consultant led from the start if they can.

Deffo marathon not a sprint. Every embryo transfer has a 33% chance of live birth.

Pre transfer take 1-2 Brazil nuts daily (no more) until test day. And google the watermelon beetroot ginger conception smoothie, worked for me. Actual studies for how beetroot helps conception. Taste nice I promise 🤣 best of luck!

Ps my second round way WILDLY more successful, first round 4 embryos, 3 transfers 1 chemical the other 2 failed. 2nd round with consultant led (also took impryl supplements both hubby and I before) - 16 embryos all high quality. Got my son from that round now Pregnant with twins from that round 3 years later.

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1- inform them of the birth and then wait for them to suggest to visit?
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