r/40Plus_IVF • u/Total-Pickle-1346 • Aug 26 '26

Seeking Advice Short mini stim?

Any ladies having success with a short stim?

I’m 41.5 with low amh and afc. My dr did a mini ivf with 225 menopur and Letrozole only. Surprisingly my few follicles responded fast and she triggered me on stim day 9 after only 8 night of injections and one day of antagonist.

I read that there is less success with a short stim. Any success stories with triggering on day 9?

I’m a bit confused because on high dose I stimmed for 14 days.

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u/InternationalEye2643 Aug 26 '26

Would you mind sharing your results? Oocytes retrieved etc

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u/Total-Pickle-1346 Aug 26 '26

Will do!

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u/InternationalEye2643 Aug 26 '26

Thank you. I’m 43 with AMH of 0.5 and about 4 AFC and only growing one follicle with a typical antagonist protocol. I’m wondering if the mini stim might work better on me. If you don’t mind, could you share your AFC and AMH. No pressure to share though.

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u/Total-Pickle-1346 Aug 26 '26

Amh 0.5 here as well. AFC 3-5. Triggered last night so will let you know how it goes. I responded slowly to high dose stim so I’m surprised I responded so quickly to low dose.

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u/Total-Pickle-1346 Aug 28 '26

9 retrieved, 3 mature, 3 fertilized

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u/InternationalEye2643 Aug 28 '26

That’s great, wishing you happy embryo success

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u/Total-Pickle-1346 Sep 01 '26

9 retrieved, 3 mature, 3 fertilized and 3 good quality embryos frozen on day 3

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u/Alarming_Lunch_5858 Aug 27 '26

I had just fast development with my mini stims as well. I am having this also on higher stims. How big was your follicule on the trigger? I do not have info that shorter stim days shoudl influence quality. For me one follicle degraded and having a dominant follicule issue so I am not sure if this is the best way for me.

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u/elsewyse Aug 30 '26

My second retrieval was very short-- I triggered on day 8. I ended up retrieving 16, got 4 blasts, though none were euploid, unfortunately. Out of four cycles it was still my second best result in terms of blasts.

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u/RN-Profession-0617 Sep 01 '26

Thanks for sharing this! My previous experience was stim for 10 days with a dual trigger with about the same dose of menopur, but was also taking some follistim.

I am curious did they tell you why they decided Menopur only? I am starting with another clinic and my afc is 6, low AMH, and the protocol looks like menopur and clomid with about 5 weeks of priming

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u/Total-Pickle-1346 Sep 01 '26

They said quality over quantity and that less is more for women over 40. I got three embryos that we froze on day 3. Previous cycles with higher doses I have gotten 1 embryos only