Tandem IVF offers a beneficial solution for women approaching advanced reproductive age. As women enter their 40s, the likelihood of conceiving with their own eggs diminishes due to age-related declines in fertility and egg quality. Despite these challenges, achieving pregnancy in your 40s is possible with tailored fertility treatments that address individual needs, including considerations for low ovarian reserve and egg quality.
Why Choose a Tandem IVF Cycle?
Making the decision to use donor eggs can be challenging and emotional for both partners. To support you through this process, we offer the option of a tandem IVF cycle. This allows you to collect and fertilize both your own eggs and donor eggs simultaneously, giving you the reassurance of having healthy embryos ready for transfer at the end of the treatment cycle.
A tandem IVF cycle is particularly beneficial if:
- Your ovaries do not respond well to stimulation medication.
- You are an older woman.
- You have a diminished ovarian reserve.
- You have not responded well to stimulation medication in previous IVF cycles.
How Does It Work?
The tandem IVF cycle follows a similar process to a standard IVF cycle, with a few key differences:
- Pre-treatment Medications: About 8 days before you come to the clinic, you will start taking hormone injections to stimulate your ovaries to produce more eggs than usual.
- Initial Clinic Visit: Upon arrival at our clinic in Cyprus, we will perform an ultrasound to check the response of your ovaries to the medication and ensure your uterine lining is ready for embryo transfer.
- Trigger Injection: Once your follicles have reached the desired size, you will receive a ‘trigger’ injection. This prepares your eggs for collection approximately 36 hours later.
- Egg Collection: Eggs will be collected from both you and the donor. All eggs will then be fertilized with your partner’s sperm.
- Embryo Cultivation: Your embryos and the donor’s embryos are kept separate and monitored in our lab. Our embryologists will provide regular updates on their progress.
- Embryo Selection: You can choose which embryos to transfer—your own, the donor’s, or a combination of both.
Key Benefits
- Increased Egg Availability: More eggs are available for fertilization, increasing the chances of successful embryo transfer.
- Personalized Choice: You have the option to choose the best embryos for transfer, whether they are from your own eggs, the donor’s eggs, or both.
- Emotional Reassurance: Knowing that you have multiple high-quality embryos ready for transfer can provide significant emotional relief.
Who Can Benefit?
- Older women looking to increase their chances of pregnancy.
- Women with diminished ovarian reserve.
- Women who have not responded well to stimulation medication in the past.
For further information and guidance, please contact one of our coordinators.Tandem IVF offers a beneficial solution for women approaching advanced reproductive age. As women enter their 40s, the likelihood of conceiving with their own eggs diminishes due to age-related declines in fertility and egg quality. Despite these challenges, achieving pregnancy in your 40s is possible with tailored fertility treatments that address individual needs, including considerations for low ovarian reserve and egg quality.
Why Choose a Tandem IVF Cycle?
Making the decision to use donor eggs can be challenging and emotional for both partners. To support you through this process, we offer the option of a tandem IVF cycle. This allows you to collect and fertilize both your own eggs and donor eggs simultaneously, giving you the reassurance of having healthy embryos ready for transfer at the end of the treatment cycle.
A tandem IVF cycle is particularly beneficial if:
- Your ovaries do not respond well to stimulation medication.
- You are an older woman.
- You have a diminished ovarian reserve.
- You have not responded well to stimulation medication in previous IVF cycles.
How Does It Work?
The tandem IVF cycle follows a similar process to a standard IVF cycle, with a few key differences:
- Pre-treatment Medications: About 8 days before you come to the clinic, you will start taking hormone injections to stimulate your ovaries to produce more eggs than usual.
- Initial Clinic Visit: Upon arrival at our clinic in Cyprus, we will perform an ultrasound to check the response of your ovaries to the medication and ensure your uterine lining is ready for embryo transfer.
- Trigger Injection: Once your follicles have reached the desired size, you will receive a ‘trigger’ injection. This prepares your eggs for collection approximately 36 hours later.
- Egg Collection: Eggs will be collected from both you and the donor. All eggs will then be fertilized with your partner’s sperm.
- Embryo Cultivation: Your embryos and the donor’s embryos are kept separate and monitored in our lab. Our embryologists will provide regular updates on their progress.
- Embryo Selection: You can choose which embryos to transfer—your own, the donor’s, or a combination of both.
Key Benefits
- Increased Egg Availability: More eggs are available for fertilization, increasing the chances of successful embryo transfer.
- Personalized Choice: You have the option to choose the best embryos for transfer, whether they are from your own eggs, the donor’s eggs, or both.
- Emotional Reassurance: Knowing that you have multiple high-quality embryos ready for transfer can provide significant emotional relief.
Who Can Benefit?
- Older women looking to increase their chances of pregnancy.
- Women with diminished ovarian reserve.
- Women who have not responded well to stimulation medication in the past.
