Every woman who has regular menstruation and has a healthy hormonal system grows and develops one egg each month. An egg will develop and mature in the natural cycle every month, regardless of whether the drug is given to the expectant mother with low egg reserve. In this case, there is no point in giving medication from the outside. This mother-to-be’s egg cell is followed, and after it reaches a certain maturity, taking it before it cracks and entering the tube and fertilizing it with the microinjection method is called drug-free IVF treatment (natural cycle).

In Which Situations Is Drug-Free IVF Treatment Preferred?

Despite these drugs used to increase the number of eggs in IVF treatment, only 1-2 eggs can develop in the mother’s body and sometimes these eggs are not of the desired quality. This situation is usually experienced in women with premature ovarian aging or in advanced age group mothers. In vitro fertilization treatment in the natural cycle is to take an egg that develops spontaneously in the natural cycle after maturation and fertilize it by microinjection method in expectant mothers who do not have an increase in the number of eggs despite the drug treatment.

Estrogen hormone is inconvenient for some expectant mothers. In IVF treatment, more than one egg cell is grown. These growing egg cells produce extra estrogen hormone. In this case, the body produces more estrogen than normal. This excess of estrogen can activate dormant cancerous cells of expectant mothers who have had breast cancer before. Therefore, in vitro fertilization treatment in a completely natural cycle performed without any external intervention is preferred in women with a history of breast cancer. Some expectant mothers may not want to use drugs as their own choice.