article_snippet: A woman is given a drug to suppress A woman natural menstrual cycle, often in the form of a daily injection or nasal spray, for around two weeks.
article_snippet: A fertility hormone is given, again in the form of a daily injection for between 10 and 12 days.
article_snippet: But two subsequent rounds proved unsuccessful.
article_snippet: The next step saw experts giving the woman hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as well as progesterone replacement.
article_snippet: Three days after ovulation, triggered by the hormone therapy, another attempt failed.
article_snippet: Another attempt five days after hormone therapy also proved unsuccessful.
article_snippet: The team took a biopsy of the woman's womb lining five days after hormone therapy - the point at which another attempt had failed.