My husband and I have been trying …
My husband and I have been trying to conceive for 4 years now. Failed IUI 3 times, tried Chinese herbs and acupuncture …
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I've been avoiding people, avoiding life, taking time for myself, trying to find some inner strength (doing acupuncture, cutting back on coffee/fatty foods etc), and my stress hormone level did come down, but ironically, this 2nd round of IVF is not going well at all. No response to the maximum dosage of Gonal F after three days. Now, at 9 days, there is some growth, but only three of the eggs are coming up, and my estrogen is quite low. It doesn't make any sense to me. In November of last year I was stressed to the hilt, crazy busy at work, scared crapless by the whole IVF thing (it was my first time), traumatized by the diagnostic procedures, and yet I managed to produce 7 eggs! What is going on?? I thought acupuncture was supposed to help, as was lowering stress etc, but it isn't going well at all. I feel so despondent and confused. Could it by my age? At the age of 39, could 7 months between cycles make the difference between 'fertile' and 'infertile'?
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Maybe you are progressing slower(I think slower is good)I bet you will grow more and then get pregnant.
shelleybee
I am glad you are back around. It could be a lot of things. Our first IVF cycle I was only using Gonal-F for stim meds and even though we got a lot of eggs, my estrogen was very low. They added a Repronex/Gonal-F split to the next cycle and then Menopur/Gonal-F to the third. We got less eggs the 2nd and 3rd cycle but my estrogen went up a lot and made the eggs they got healthier. Did they talk about adding any other meds? It took me a little longer each cycle to respond. Maybe you are the same way. I will keep you in my prayers!
Lioness816
Sophiah-I appreciate you commenting on my journal. I feel like a little whiny kid lamenting about being so old (39) and trying to have a child. Thank goodness someone else understands how I feel. We need to give each other support and take our minds off of our age. Aren't there thousands of us out there trying to conceive? It shouldn't matter that we are a little older than the rest.
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