Failed IVF? 5 Questions to Ask Before Another IVF Cycle

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After a failed cycle, the pressure to decide arrives fast. Another retrieval. A different protocol. A different clinic. Donor eggs. And underneath all of it, the question of what to do next.

This episode is not an argument against IVF. It is the opposite. It is about walking into the next cycle having looked at the whole picture rather than only the protocol.

These are the five questions I would ask if we were sitting together reviewing your case.

What your last cycle actually told us, and why stimulation works with the eggs your body has already been developing rather than creating egg quality. What has genuinely changed since the last cycle beyond the medication. Whether investigating costs you time, or whether the two can run in parallel. Whether both partners have been evaluated, or only one. And what information would let you feel settled about the decision either way.

I also share what I would do differently. I was 28 when I was told donor eggs were my only option. I did not know there were other questions to ask.

CHAPTERS

00:00 The pressure to decide after a failed cycle
00:52 Review ask
01:00 What our team reviews and how we work
02:30 The type A pattern, and the tracking data that still has not answered it
03:10 Question 1. What did your IVF cycle actually tell us
03:40 Stimulation does not create egg quality
03:55 Question 2. What has actually changed since your last cycle
04:30 His full workup, beyond count and motility
05:00 Question 3. Will investigating cost me time
05:50 What is happening to your eggs while you gather information
06:15 Running functional work and IVF in parallel
06:50 Question 4. Have we looked at both partners
07:20 The 70 to 80 day window before conception
07:35 Question 5. What would help you feel confident either way
08:05 Medical gaslighting, and the symptoms nobody connected
08:30 I was 28 and I did not know what to ask
09:15 The Functional Fertility Second Opinion, and how parallel timing works

FUNCTIONAL FERTILITY SECOND OPINION

A free 45-minute call. Upload your bloodwork and IVF records to the portal beforehand and we go through what has already been investigated, where the gaps are, and whether our approach is a fit. If you have a retrieval scheduled we can still work with you. Email hello@fabfertile.ca, subject line FERTILE, or book at fabfertile.com

ABOUT THE HOST

I'm Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile and host of Get Pregnant Naturally, a podcast with over one million downloads. My functional fertility team works with couples navigating low AMH and failed IVF, reviewing functional lab results, gut microbiome, food sensitivity, vaginal microbiome, nutrigenomics, HTMA, DUTCH, toxin testing, and bloodwork alongside nervous system work, to help identify patterns that may not have been considered. We work alongside your medical team, not instead of them.

Sarah Clark, founder of Fab Fertile, host of Get Pregnant Naturally (1M+ downloads), and author of Fabulously Fertile.

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