Any recent natural IVF success stories?

[Anonymous]

I'm 39 and when they went in for the egg, it wasn't there. Not sure I have the heart to try again.

[Anonymous]

PP that really stinks, but hang in there we were successful on our second round of NCIVF.

[Anonymous]

Poster 11:16 - I haven't had success myself yet (2 tries of NCIVF), but I am willing to try again. I know how heartbreaking the whole process can be and I was willing to give up the idea of having a biological child myself a couple of months ago, but we took a 2 week vacation, came back relaxed and I feel like I am ready to try again. Don't be discouraged just yet - hang in there, there are so many of us out there who do not succeed right away.

[Anonymous]

11:16 - That happened to us, too, on our 2nd try. I talked to Dr. G, and he said that it was hard to know what had happened. It is even possible that the egg slipped out the side of the follicle when they stuck the needle in. For me, I looked at the stats. My first round, which made it to retrieval, had a steady "growing" of the egg (as shown by increasing estradial levels. The second round, the estrogen levels had dropped. I think that it was just an "off" month with my hormone levels being unbalanced. After the retrieval (and no egg), I decided that I wouldn't go to retrieval if my estrogen levels dropped during the cycle because sometimes that is an indicator of compromised egg quality. By avoiding retrieval on the questionable cycles, you save money and heartache.

If you don't mind me asking, did you see anything similar during your cycle? (something that might indicate that your hormones were a little "off" that month)?

I guess the take-home is: I think that the body has good months and bad months when the hormones aren't "cooperating". We believed that if we kept trying, we would hit a "good" month. 4 months in, we finally did. If you have the financial resources to continue, I don't think you should give up yet.

[Anonymous]

It took us three tries but we are 13+ weeks as of today, the first cycle went to transfer but was a BFN, the second one I had a early LH surge so a bust, but the third was sticky. It may have taken us 3 tries but it costs us the same a one stimulated cycle so I think it was worth it.