My story: I have always wanted to be a mommy but it took a long time to find my soulmate and apparently I waited too long!! I am 43 now and within the past 5 months, I have done 3 iuis and just had a devastating failed IVF. That was the hardest thing I have coped with in my life. I was in a really dark place for a while and couldn't snap out of it. It was my only covered IVF so any future IVFs will not be covered. I also paid an extra $5,000 to do the PGD testing. It was so promising since I retrieved 20 eggs and 13 fertilized. I then had three sent to the lab but none were healthy. :-(. I took this past month off and am so torn of what to do next. Our funds are low so not sure I would be able to afford more than two IVF's which will be completely out of pocket. That will really be a hardship for us but I want and need to try again. My RE tells me that apparently my egg reserve is that of a 30 year old and my hormones are all healthy and normal but he would have to guess that the egg quality is not the best due to my age. He has great hope I can have a baby with my own eggs eventually, however I don't have the funds to keep trying more than two more times. My insurance covers unlimited IUI's but doesn't pay a cent for IVF or anything related to that. My question is....should I go straight to a IVF with donor eggs in which I will have two chances with something that has a much higher success rate at my age, OR should I try my own eggs one more time and if it fails again, then know I only have that one shot with DE. My DF says whatever I want he will support but I'm not sure what that is that I want or should do?? I also can do more IUI's and maybe add injectibles instead of just clomid. I'm so torn. I've been a lurker for a while and now really really need support. Thanks!
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