Chances at 42

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm almost 42 and TTC as well OP. I got pregnant at 35 quickly and easily, had an easy pregnancy and natural delivery, and have a healthy 5 year old.

I've been TTC #2 for 4 years already. We already did IUIs and IVFs from age 38-40, none of them worked. Now have been trying on our own for the last 2 years, as I'm done with infertility treatments. I think my chances are slim to zero. Dr. said 1% chance for getting pregnant naturally when I was 39. However, he also said less than 10% chance for IVF.

I was diagnosed with unexplained secondary infertility (from 2 REs), mild DOR (from 2 REs) and immune issues from Dr. Abassi.

I have regular 28 day cycles and seem to ovulate every cycle. Other than low AMH the rest of my numbers are great and no issues with DH. Neither of us have any health issues.

Do you mind sharing what your AMH, antral follicle count, and FSH looked like? Were you able to get any blasts - and if so, were any of them PGS normal?

[Anonymous]

If you can, I’d suggest going to CCRM in CO. I had multiple failed frozen transfers here of excellent, Pgs tested embryos and they all failed (after having success in my 30s w/ fresh transfers). Went to CCRM for one last chance and got pregnant at 42 with my first frozen transfer there. We just transferred one when in dc we had tried one and two and both failed. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm almost 42 and TTC as well OP. I got pregnant at 35 quickly and easily, had an easy pregnancy and natural delivery, and have a healthy 5 year old.

I've been TTC #2 for 4 years already. We already did IUIs and IVFs from age 38-40, none of them worked. Now have been trying on our own for the last 2 years, as I'm done with infertility treatments. I think my chances are slim to zero. Dr. said 1% chance for getting pregnant naturally when I was 39. However, he also said less than 10% chance for IVF.

I was diagnosed with unexplained secondary infertility (from 2 REs), mild DOR (from 2 REs) and immune issues from Dr. Abassi.

I have regular 28 day cycles and seem to ovulate every cycle. Other than low AMH the rest of my numbers are great and no issues with DH. Neither of us have any health issues.

Do you mind sharing what your AMH, antral follicle count, and FSH looked like? Were you able to get any blasts - and if so, were any of them PGS normal?

PP here with the 4 year duration secondary infertility. My AMH is .60, my FSH is 5, and my AFC ranged from 9-10. I was a poor responder though. On my IUIs (all with Follistim) I only got 2 eggs with highest dosages, and in my IVFs I only had 4-5 retrieved, and 2 transferred (day 3). Nothing to freeze or test so I don't know if they were PGS normal.

I have never gotten a positive pregnancy test in 4 years. I got pregnant with my son on the first try at 35. It's a big old mystery. I also had 2 HSGs and a laparoscopy and operative hysteroscopy.

I personally believe that I have immune issues (tested by Dr. Abassi). But I found this out around age 40 after I had already done a bunch of IUIs/IVFs and I did not have it in me to pursue this whole immune issues diagnosis.

While we are still TTC (and will continue to do so until menopause), I have zero hope of ever being pregnant again. We have decided to try to be happy with our family of 3.

[Anonymous]

I also have low AMH. I have been searching for answers. I just found a blog where the author conceived twice after using a strict nutrition and lifestyle program. I think I am going to try it. Don't ever give up hope, apparently, we can change this seemingly impossible infertility outcomes. You might get some good advice too, her name was Anna and she writes about tomakeamommy. Her story is pretty inspirational and amazing. I will post back any updates or successes from this, I hope you will too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm almost 42 and TTC as well OP. I got pregnant at 35 quickly and easily, had an easy pregnancy and natural delivery, and have a healthy 5 year old.

I've been TTC #2 for 4 years already. We already did IUIs and IVFs from age 38-40, none of them worked. Now have been trying on our own for the last 2 years, as I'm done with infertility treatments. I think my chances are slim to zero. Dr. said 1% chance for getting pregnant naturally when I was 39. However, he also said less than 10% chance for IVF.

I was diagnosed with unexplained secondary infertility (from 2 REs), mild DOR (from 2 REs) and immune issues from Dr. Abassi.

I have regular 28 day cycles and seem to ovulate every cycle. Other than low AMH the rest of my numbers are great and no issues with DH. Neither of us have any health issues.

Do you mind sharing what your AMH, antral follicle count, and FSH looked like? Were you able to get any blasts - and if so, were any of them PGS normal?

PP here with the 4 year duration secondary infertility. My AMH is .60, my FSH is 5, and my AFC ranged from 9-10. I was a poor responder though. On my IUIs (all with Follistim) I only got 2 eggs with highest dosages, and in my IVFs I only had 4-5 retrieved, and 2 transferred (day 3). Nothing to freeze or test so I don't know if they were PGS normal.

I have never gotten a positive pregnancy test in 4 years. I got pregnant with my son on the first try at 35. It's a big old mystery. I also had 2 HSGs and a laparoscopy and operative hysteroscopy.


why did he give you such low odds on IVF?

I personally believe that I have immune issues (tested by Dr. Abassi). But I found this out around age 40 after I had already done a bunch of IUIs/IVFs and I did not have it in me to pursue this whole immune issues diagnosis.

While we are still TTC (and will continue to do so until menopause), I have zero hope of ever being pregnant again. We have decided to try to be happy with our family of 3.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm almost 42 and TTC as well OP. I got pregnant at 35 quickly and easily, had an easy pregnancy and natural delivery, and have a healthy 5 year old.

I've been TTC #2 for 4 years already. We already did IUIs and IVFs from age 38-40, none of them worked. Now have been trying on our own for the last 2 years, as I'm done with infertility treatments. I think my chances are slim to zero. Dr. said 1% chance for getting pregnant naturally when I was 39. However, he also said less than 10% chance for IVF.

I was diagnosed with unexplained secondary infertility (from 2 REs), mild DOR (from 2 REs) and immune issues from Dr. Abassi.

I have regular 28 day cycles and seem to ovulate every cycle. Other than low AMH the rest of my numbers are great and no issues with DH. Neither of us have any health issues.

Do you mind sharing what your AMH, antral follicle count, and FSH looked like? Were you able to get any blasts - and if so, were any of them PGS normal?

PP here with the 4 year duration secondary infertility. My AMH is .60, my FSH is 5, and my AFC ranged from 9-10. I was a poor responder though. On my IUIs (all with Follistim) I only got 2 eggs with highest dosages, and in my IVFs I only had 4-5 retrieved, and 2 transferred (day 3). Nothing to freeze or test so I don't know if they were PGS normal.

I have never gotten a positive pregnancy test in 4 years. I got pregnant with my son on the first try at 35. It's a big old mystery. I also had 2 HSGs and a laparoscopy and operative hysteroscopy.

I personally believe that I have immune issues (tested by Dr. Abassi). But I found this out around age 40 after I had already done a bunch of IUIs/IVFs and I did not have it in me to pursue this whole immune issues diagnosis.

While we are still TTC (and will continue to do so until menopause), I have zero hope of ever being pregnant again. We have decided to try to be happy with our family of 3.

why did he give you such low odds on ivf?

[Anonymous]

Failing with 3 PGS tested embryos isn't that common. At that point, I'd do an ERA. Also, different REs use different transfer protocols, and it can make a difference. E.g., PIO keeps progesterone levels more even than other forms.

Also, I believe the PGS tests do tell you if an embryo is mosaic. I've read more about the fact that there's a chance that good embryos are tossed, rather than bad ones are getting transferred. The lower birth rates when PGS is used, tend to support that, too.