IVF vets/Over 40ers - need advice on how to proceed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did your husband have a normal semen analysis?

yes, totally normal - the doc said it was perfect.

[Anonymous]

I would transfer the ones you already have. Can you do Natural cycle if you have good egg reserve?

[Anonymous]

I would roll the dice and transfer the frozen ones. Good luck OP.

[Anonymous]

Oof I don't like your odds at all.

The scenarios I see are risking your life (twins) along with risking special needs (abnormal embryos). I would only attempt 1 at a time and then be done.

FWIW I have a special needs child and it dominates all of your time. If you have a career, be prepared to take a big hit.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks again for all the input. I'm meeting with my RE today, but the tentative plan is to transfer both of the age 35/36 untested blasts and see if anything sticks. I'm going to do an ERA cycle first to make sure progesterone timing is correct. If that fails, I'll consider the mosaic and/or a final fresh cycle. to the PP who was concerned about abnormal embryos, given that I was 35/36 while going through that cycle, and many, many women do not PGS test their embryos at that age and end up with healthy babies, I'm not super concerned with that outcome. Plus if I am lucky enough to get pregnant, I will be doing NIPT/CVS and I'm prepared to terminate if anything comes up problematic. Heck, most of my friends had healthy babies naturally at the age I froze those eggs - I think the risk of chromosomal abnormalities at that age is less than 1%. More likely scenario is that they just don't stick. RE also said odds of twins are fairly low, so she recommends transferring both.

[Anonymous]

OP, transfer the frozens....I would probably put in both since you are older. We were at the end of our rope with TTC #2, I was 42 and had already had several failed attempts, with 2 frozen lower quality eggs. (Not sure of how they were rated.). We decided to just throw them in before moving to adopt, really knowing it would be a waste of 10k but thought it would be silly to adopt when we had the embryos. DD is now 5 and perfect!

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone, OP here - I wanted to update the thread since I frequently do searches and wonder what happened to the OP. I decided to take everyone's advice (and my DH's insistence lol) and go ahead and transfer those two low graded blasts in January. Much to my surprise and delight, I now have one healthy baby boy growing in me (NIPS came back totally negative for everything). I am so incredibly grateful, and slightly kicking myself for not just transferring these last two first before we spent $30K on a fresh cycle...but I guess you live and learn. There's still a long way to go, but I know have a big hurdle behind me at this point. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with helpful comments!

[Anonymous]

Congratulations! Sending good thoughts for an uneventful pregnancy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone, OP here - I wanted to update the thread since I frequently do searches and wonder what happened to the OP. I decided to take everyone's advice (and my DH's insistence lol) and go ahead and transfer those two low graded blasts in January. Much to my surprise and delight, I now have one healthy baby boy growing in me (NIPS came back totally negative for everything). I am so incredibly grateful, and slightly kicking myself for not just transferring these last two first before we spent $30K on a fresh cycle...but I guess you live and learn. There's still a long way to go, but I know have a big hurdle behind me at this point. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with helpful comments!

Congratulations!!!

Wishing you a healthy pregnancy and lots of joy as you get ready to be a mom to two kids!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone, OP here - I wanted to update the thread since I frequently do searches and wonder what happened to the OP. I decided to take everyone's advice (and my DH's insistence lol) and go ahead and transfer those two low graded blasts in January. Much to my surprise and delight, I now have one healthy baby boy growing in me (NIPS came back totally negative for everything). I am so incredibly grateful, and slightly kicking myself for not just transferring these last two first before we spent $30K on a fresh cycle...but I guess you live and learn. There's still a long way to go, but I know have a big hurdle behind me at this point. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with helpful comments!

Yay! This is awesome! Thanks for updating. How far along are you?

[Anonymous]

Thanks everyone! I am almost 12 weeks now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks everyone! I am almost 12 weeks now.

Congrats! I gave birth to an IVF baby in Jan after 3 years of trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi everyone, OP here - I wanted to update the thread since I frequently do searches and wonder what happened to the OP. I decided to take everyone's advice (and my DH's insistence lol) and go ahead and transfer those two low graded blasts in January. Much to my surprise and delight, I now have one healthy baby boy growing in me (NIPS came back totally negative for everything). I am so incredibly grateful, and slightly kicking myself for not just transferring these last two first before we spent $30K on a fresh cycle...but I guess you live and learn. There's still a long way to go, but I know have a big hurdle behind me at this point. Thanks again to everyone who chimed in with helpful comments!

I was hoping there would be good news at the end of this thread. Congrats!!

[Anonymous]

Wonderful!! Congrats and good luck!

[Anonymous]

That is amazing news, congratulations!!