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[quote=Anonymous]OP here: Oh to have the fortitude/money (think Alexa Stewart) to persevere over and over and over every month, years on end, nevermind the $$ . . . but, for those of us in the real world . . . !  Dr. Widra says next try Lupron stop (that is what worked for me three years ago, at 39) . . . but he doesn't hold out high hopes.  Based on my FSH/AFC/Age  15-20% chance of a take home baby IF we make it to egg retrieval - and obviously, a dominant follicle is making that modest goal difficult.

Honestly, if I had endless $$, what the heck . . . keep trying.  But, I don't.

So, the next option is donor egg.  Dr. Widra said - "if you want a baby, do donor egg, you'll get a baby." (perhaps not those exact words, but definitely his point)  Of course, there is no guarantee on that (other than $$ back - whoa - how can you resist?!) - but I have NO uterine/lining/blah blah problems/ I carried my DD to term with ZERO problems, so no reason to think donor egg would not be successful.

So - next existential crisis - do I REALLY want another baby??  In some odd, silly way, my thought process was - "well, odds are against us, so if I do IVF and it works, another baby was meant to be."   That is, out of my hands, other than the odd grand or six.  The fact that (Dr. Widra opines) I will have another baby if I want one (albeit through donor egg - and I'm fine with that) - makes me stop and think much more.  So - I can have another.  Do I really want one?  What does it mean to parent a baby at 43??

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