andalusi
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I just went to the fertility doctor today for my first visit. Was feeling kind of down because there are 10 pregnant women where I work and it just seems so complicated for me because I don't have a partner and have to use donor sperm. The doctor was really nice, got the usual list of what needs to be done and tests I need to take. But I went in thinking I was going to do IUI's and the doctor told me I would only have a 10% success rate because of my age. He suggested that since time is important because I am about to turn 39 in September I might want to consider doing IVF right away. He said the decision was up to me and we would discuss options once test results came back. But he wanted me to think about it... rather than spend @$2000 per month on several IUI and maybe not get pregnant and then spend money moving to IVF which offers me a 40% success rate. Also he said he could measure embryo quality because at my age I had old eggs (he worded it nicer lol). I will admit I am leaning towards IVF, but curious about what others would do in my place and any suggestions.