If you had a family history of very early secondary infertility, WWYD as a young adult

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Freeze as many eggs as you can, as early as you can. If you can’t afford it, get your hormones tested at least annually. Hormone levels can drop very quickly in early onset DOR.

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Infertility diagnoses and treatment, especially IVF, have come a loooooong ways in 25 years. My parents used IVF to have me. I did have trouble conceiving my first and sought a doctor almost right away (6months of trying). Then I got pregnant immediately with my subsequent children. I would definitely not have frozen my eggs or done anything extreme prior to TTC, but you can get an initial work up done. Freezing your eggs just because your mom had infertility in the 80s is extreme. She did not have access to the medicine you do.

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Anonymous wrote:Infertility diagnoses and treatment, especially IVF, have come a loooooong ways in 25 years. My parents used IVF to have me. I did have trouble conceiving my first and sought a doctor almost right away (6months of trying). Then I got pregnant immediately with my subsequent children. I would definitely not have frozen my eggs or done anything extreme prior to TTC, but you can get an initial work up done. Freezing your eggs just because your mom had infertility in the 80s is extreme. She did not have access to the medicine you do.

Right, but if multiple family members did then it could be a concern. Monitoring your levels and taking action if your hormones drop seems reasonable if having children is very important to you and you have t met your partner yet.

[Anonymous]

Both mom and grandma went into menopause by 38. Always had it in the back of my mind. Never had the money for egg freezing in my 20’s. Met my husband at 32, married at 34 started trying right away. After a miscarriage on month 6 of trying got my numbers and was DOR with .4 AMH.

I an so lucky after many rounds of ivf at 4 clinics at 42 I now have 2 DD’s w my own eggs (5 years and the other 2 months old).

I will strongly suggest to them (and offer to pay) as a college grad gift to freeze their eggs. My mom and grandma had their kids early so it wasnt make or break but year or two and I may have not had the same luck.

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I had failed ivfs in my 20s. If you are married, I start right away at least freezing embryos. If not, I would at least get checked out with an te

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Anonymous wrote:Infertility diagnoses and treatment, especially IVF, have come a loooooong ways in 25 years. My parents used IVF to have me. I did have trouble conceiving my first and sought a doctor almost right away (6months of trying). Then I got pregnant immediately with my subsequent children. I would definitely not have frozen my eggs or done anything extreme prior to TTC, but you can get an initial work up done. Freezing your eggs just because your mom had infertility in the 80s is extreme. She did not have access to the medicine you do.

Right, but if multiple family members did then it could be a concern. Monitoring your levels and taking action if your hormones drop seems reasonable if having children is very important to you and you have t met your partner yet.

Exactly. If your eggs go bad early, they’re going to be non viable regardless of what treatments are available. You can have DOR with good egg quality, or DOR with poor egg quality. If you have a family history of early fertility issues, then egg/embryo freezing is insurance. Better to have it and not need it, then realize you needed it after multiple failed IVF rounds. Speaking from experience here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Infertility diagnoses and treatment, especially IVF, have come a loooooong ways in 25 years. My parents used IVF to have me. I did have trouble conceiving my first and sought a doctor almost right away (6months of trying). Then I got pregnant immediately with my subsequent children. I would definitely not have frozen my eggs or done anything extreme prior to TTC, but you can get an initial work up done. Freezing your eggs just because your mom had infertility in the 80s is extreme. She did not have access to the medicine you do.

THis is a college students whose parents had secondary infertility. Her mom stopped treatment 10 years ago.

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Not exactly the same, but I knew I had endometriosis and didn’t know if it would affect conceiving. There was only so much I could do about meeting the right person, but I was upfront about wanting kids on the earlier side. I was nervous about it but started trying shortly after getting married at 27, and did have fertility issues. I ended up getting pregnant right before I was due to start IVF for #1, after a year of ttc, clomid and three IUIs, but needed IVF to conceive #2.

In your case I would consult a fertility doctor and see what they recommend. They may recommend doing an initial work up to make sure everything looks okay. Otherwise would recommended ttc on the younger side if you’re married, and would probably start trying for #2 earlier than I might have otherwise knowing that it might take longer than expected to conceive (which is what I planned for and how things ultimately worked out for me.)