• Treatment
  • In vitro fertilisation (IVF)
    • Get started
    • Chance of success
    • The risks
    • IVF treatment options
      • Natural cycle IVF
      • Mild stimulation IVF
      • Embryo transfer
      • Blastocyst transfer
      • Assisted hatching
  • Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)
  • Intrauterine insemination (IUI)
  • Donor insemination (DI)
  • Genetic testing
  • Gamete intra fallopian transfer (GIFT)
  • In vitro maturation (IVM)
  • Reproductive immunology
  • Surrogacy
  • Fertility drugs
  • Surgery
• Storage
• Using donated sperm, eggs or embryos in your treatment
• When treatment fails, what next?
• Risks of fertility treatment

What is mild stimulation IVF?

With mild stimulation IVF you are either given a lower dose of fertility drugs or are given them over a shorter period than with conventional in vitro fertilisation (IVF).

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Is mild stimulation IVF for me?

Your clinic may recommend mild stimulation IVF if there is particular concern about possible adverse reactions to fertility drugs.

For more information see:

• Risks of fertility treatment
• Oneatatime website

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How does mild stimulation IVF work?

Mild stimulation IVF is similar to conventional IVF but with the following variations:

• a lower dose of fertility drugs is taken for a shorter period of time
• the fertility drugs taken do not suppress your natural cycle, unlike conventional IVF. This shortens the length of drug treatment by about two weeks and avoids menopausal side effects
• because lower doses of drugs are used, fewer eggs may be available for collection
• any embryos of suitable quality that are not used in treatment may be frozen and stored for your future use
• because fewer fertility drugs are used, if your treatment is unsuccessful, you may not have to wait as long to undergo further treatment.

• What is IVF and how does it work?

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What is my chance of having a baby with mild stimulation IVF?

Not much data is available on mild stimulation IVF but as fewer eggs are available, your chances of having a baby may be lower than with conventional IVF.

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What are the risks of this treatment?

The types of risks with mild stimulation IVF are similar to those with conventional IVF but are significantly reduced because smaller quantities of fertility drugs are used.

• IVF - what are the risks?

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Page last updated: 14 April 2009

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