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Hi Reader,
This week I want to talk about something I’m seeing more and more in my clinic: repeated failed implantation.
It’s becoming such a familiar story. Everything looks perfect. The preconception work is done. The lining is great, the embryo is good, yet implantation keeps failing.
And if that’s you, I want to share my honest opinion:
If you’ve had at least one miscarriage, or a failed implantation with a genetically normal embryo, there’s a good chance this is autoimmune infertility.
And in my experience, the standard protocols with progesterone alone aren’t enough. We’re living in a time of widespread immune dysregulation, and I truly believe this is the missing link for so many women.
What I Tell My Clients to Ask
When I’m guiding women through this, here are the steps I usually recommend:
- Ask for natural killer (NK) cell testing. This has to be done via an endometrial biopsy, not a blood test. When NK cells are high, your immune system basically sees a healthy embryo as “foreign” and blocks implantation.
- Ask if your clinic uses an autoimmune protocol for implantation support.
- If they don’t, consider getting a second opinion. Every doctor practices differently, and if you’re stuck getting the same result over and over, it’s time to explore other options.
Treatments I’ve Seen Make a Difference
Not every clinic offers these, and you’d never use them all at once. But these are the treatments I most often see helping my clients, and increasingly the very thing that makes the difference:
- Intralipid Infusions: calm overactive NK cells, often given before transfer and sometimes again in early pregnancy.
- Plaquenil (Hydroxychloroquine): not commonly used, but in the more complex cases I’ve worked with, it seems to do wonders.
- Steroids (Prednisone / Prednisolone): this is the most common, used in many clinics to lower inflammation and quieten immune activity.
- Clexane: a low-dose blood thinner that helps blood flow and prevents tiny clots that could stop implantation.
- IVIg (Intravenous Immunoglobulin): a more intensive option, only offered by a handful of doctors in Australia. If you’re curious, reply to this email and I can point you in the right direction.
- LMIT (Lymphocyte Membrane Immunotherapy): still new here, but available with some specialists. Designed to help your immune system “accept” the embryo. Again, let me know if you want more info.
Here’s the thing: these aren’t cookie-cutter solutions, and they’re not for everyone.
But if you’ve been through miscarriage or repeated failed implantation, I’ve seen these approaches be absolute game-changers.
Honestly, I believe immune support is going to become a much bigger part of IVF in the future but you don’t have to wait for the future to start asking these questions now.
If this feels like your story, know that you are not alone. There are next steps. Keep learning, keep asking, and keep advocating for yourself.
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P.S. If you want specific advice on how to navigate autoimmune infertility and a tailored plan just for you, book a free discovery call with me. We’ll talk through your story and what your next steps could look like.
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