anyone over 35 going for fertility treatments this year? IUI, IVF etc

[GreenFingers]

 

[Milty]

Sarah I think you hit the nail on the head...I'm pretty sure I have a quality problem. I think it's because of the number of folicles I'm turning out.

 

[crystal443]

Milty- My tests are all perfect as well..all well within normal but it turns out its a numbers problem for me..we had three and that isn't enough to have a good chance at IVF. Still don't know if its that particular protocol or what, hope we'll have answers in Dec

Sarah- you're in with a good chance with a large number of eggs, they have something to work with

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah- you're in with a good chance with a large number of eggs, they have something to work with

thanks I hope you are right, I keep thinking that my eggs are going to be bad or something. but at least I would finally have an explanation, I hate this 'unexplained' thing. Im going back in the morning at 8am, hoping everything is still growing nicely and perhaps I will have an idea when EC will be. Im down to 250 gonal f and perhaps they will lower is even more....hope so, then it will be less $$.

goodnight

 

[readyformore]

No way you have bad eggs Sarah!!

 

[readyformore]

I remember my RE asking us about selective reduction during our IVF consultation.

I told her I didn't think that I would need to consider it if she was only putting back 2.
She said, "Well, what if we transfered 3, and they all split?"

All I could think was, "I can't get pregnant with one baby and this lady thinks I'm going to have sextuplets?!?!"

 

[crystal443]

Ready- I know what you mean lol..my FS said I was superfertile if you can believe that..I told her that word and my name don't go in the same sentence..lol. Turns out I was right

Sarah-you'll have great eggs and you've got great numbers I can't wait to find out what your outcome is in a few weeks I think its going to be great

 

[Milty]

oh yeah Sarah I meant me not you hun... You have great eggs

 

[GreenFingers]

Sarah good luck today, can't wait to find out how they are growing xx

 

[old.lurker]

I am a long time lurker, and just wanted to share my story.

I am 36 and my partner is 42. We started TTC in October of 2010. We did IUI's every month for about 8 months. Every one was negative. We decided to pursue the IVF route, since my insurance covered it. My follicle count was quite low. Here were are stats:

IVF #1 - retrieved 4, 3 fertilized - put 2 back in (froze one blast)
IVF #2 - retrieved 6, 4 fertilized - put 3 back in (last one didn't make it to blast)

The level of frustration was quite high by this point. The doctor suggested what we had both been thinking, which was retrieve from me, and try to use my partner as a surrogate. From what he said, it's the age of the egg that goes bad with age, not the age of the uterus. So onto IVF #3. (sigh)

IVF#3 – retrieved 5 – ONLY 2 FERTILIZED!!

We put both embies back into my partner……and, drum roll please: BFP!!!!! After I had been obsessively googling when to test, what are the signs….she doesn’t even bat an eye, doesn’t seem bothered by waiting for 2 weeks, and only took the POS because I begged her to do it!!! We just went in for the first ultrasound (saw the heartbeat), and learned that it’s a single baby, not twins. We both are both still thrilled, and can’t wait for the June 27th due date. Since we’re both teachers, the timing couldn’t be better. ☺

I just wanted to share my story, since I read SOOOOO many stories as the year progressed from women on this forum, I felt I needed to give back to the community. I hope that this story can help someone feel at ease, that success IS possible, despite the millions of obstacles, shots, etc. that seem to be standing in your way.

 

[hockey24]

Congrats Old Lurker! That's fabulous news!

Sarah - what's the word from your scan today? How are all those follies doing?

 

[dachsundmom]

Sarah....fx'd!

 

[sarahincanada]

back from ultrasound, stopped off at the spa on the way home for reflexology. I now have 19 follicles ranging in size from 1.2 - 2.0 I was just told to take a little more medication today (what was left in my pen plus another 75 of the repronex) and Im back tomorrow morning, and probably trigger tomorrow night and ER on sunday. Im soooooooo nervous for the retrieval but most people say they dont remember a thing. so that means transfer will either be wednesday for 3 day transfer or friday for 5 day transfer....(as long as I have something to transfer!!) that works perfectly for me, especially if its a 5 day transfer. Im very pleased with my response, some of the smaller follicles might not catch up but I have a good chance I think. It was my FS doing the ultrasound and even though she probably doesnt remember me she did say 'wow what a great response'.

please let there be good eggs in there!!

did any of you find the injection at night to stop ovulation really stings? boy that one hurts me, and even for an hour later my stomach is sore. the others I have no problem with, the menopur stings sometimes, but nothing like the Ganirelix.

 

[dachsundmom]

 

[sarahincanada]

this is all so early for me, I usually dont ovulate till CD14-17, and my ER might be CD12....I hope the fast response hasnt made shitty eggs. oh well, nothing I can do but wait and see!

 

[velo]

Hi Sarah - that's excellent news! I'm sure you will have a good egg to transfer with all those follies! Looking forward to reading the good news next week! What is the deciding factor for whether they do the transfer at 3 days or 5 days?

 

[dachsundmom]

Your eggs are perfect!

 

[sarahincanada]

Hi Sarah - that's excellent news! I'm sure you will have a good egg to transfer with all those follies! Looking forward to reading the good news next week! What is the deciding factor for whether they do the transfer at 3 days or 5 days?

:wave: I think the general guidelines is if you have quite a lot of embryos doing well they like to push you to day 5 and blastocyst stage as it has a higher pregnancy rate ...trouble is many dont make it to that day so thats why you need to have quite a few to risk it. the good thing is that at day 5 the strongest would remain and be transferred. but if you dont have that many they like to transfer day 3, thinking the embryo will do better in the mother than in a dish. but I think its harder to grade them at that stage and often they will transfer more at day 3 than they will at day 5 for that reason. thats my understanding anyway!

how are you doing?? any plans??

 

[crystal443]

Sarah- your eggs are perfect I'm sure!!! So your on an Antagonist cycle and yes that sh*t burns lol. What is the repronex for again? I know it had something to do with LH, I've always had a great response with Clomid I just have a horrible response with Puregon

 

[sarahincanada]

Sarah- your eggs are perfect I'm sure!!! So your on an Antagonist cycle and yes that sh*t burns lol. What is the repronex for again? I know it had something to do with LH, I've always had a great response with Clomid I just have a horrible response with Puregon

the repronex (menopur) apparantly contains both FSH and LH, where gonal f and a lot of others just contain FSH. its thought that the LH helps as thats what happens in your own body....but obviously not everyone supplements with it so not sure if it really helps or not, just its what my clinic does. might be worth asking about it??

I had 2 great responses to clomid, then the 3rd time I only got 1 follicle and on 75 gonal f I only got one follicle, now look at me this month. this dosage gonal f was 4 x the strength, but perhaps the LH helped?