Mini IV, is a popular stimulation protocol in cases of poor ovarian response to ovarian stimulation hormones and therefore it is basically a mini stimulation protocol. It starts with the measurement of the hormone levels on the second day of the menstrual cycle, in order to avoid a cycle that may not be successful in…
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In cases of excessively poor ovarian response, I apply the embryo banking protocol in natural or mildly modified natural cycles until a sufficient number of embryos are cryopreserved, which may vary in every case, based on the woman’s age and history criteria. Therefore, when no response to drug stimulation is expected, the natural cycle is…
A useful tool for the embryonic banking procedure is the puncture of the follicles in the second phase (luteal phase) of the menstrual cycle. Our team's studies have noted that women with low ovarian reserve and high FSH levels, recruit follicles in the second phase of the cycle, which naturally in the body are unable…
My own adventure began, at 38, after a fibroid surgery with open surgery that created adhesions clogging my fallopian tubes. So IVF was a one-way option for me. I went to the only doctor that performs IVF in my town, who right before an embryo transfer found out that my endometrium could not be thickened…
I had my first child naturally without a shred of doubt about any risks or problems that may have involved a human life. I assumed that since my husband and I were organically well, the same would be true for our children. Within a few months, life proved me wrong as without any symptoms or…
Konstantinos Sfakianoudis is a doctor in a class of his own. Deeply knowledgeable about the subject he clearly loves, with vast experience, low-key with an ethic that is rare these days and noble by nature. He lives to create life and give women and couples what they desire. He is the doctor for the difficult,…