If the patient doesn’t get a period 12 days after her embryo transfer, she’s very hopeful that she’s pregnant , because she has seen the doctor put her embryos back into her the uterus.
However, because the doctor gives you estrogen and progesterone to provide luteal phase support, you will not get a period as long as you’re taking these medicines after the transfer, even if you are not pregnant .
This is why just missing a period after the transfer does not mean that you’re pregnant. You need to have a blood test for checking your beta hCG levels to find out if you’re pregnant or not.
The tragedy is that some doctors will cheat their patients by also giving them hCG injections after the transfer. This will stop them from getting their periods, and will even cause their pregnancy test to come back as positive . The poor patient gets fooled, and believes the cycle was successful, but she miscarried !
If your beta hCG is negative , this means your IVF cycle has failed, and you need to stop all your medication. After stopping the medication, your period will start within three to seven days .
You then need to visit your doctor, so you can analyze the reason for the failure.
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