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[quote=Anonymous]I really think there is so much that is not understood about infertility.  I had similar symptoms - extremely short and light periods - but did have a diagnosis of diminished ovarian reserve (DOR).  One thing I learned about DOR is that tons of people have DOR and not know it because they can still get pregnant easily.  So why not me?

Well I ended up getting pregnant pretty easily via IUI.  They gave me drugs which made my body ovulate two eggs.  My RE would say the extra egg just upped my chances (I'm pregnant with a singleton) given I don't have too many eggs left.

But I can't help but think that really what happened is that the drugs they gave me thickened my uterine lining and lengthened my luteal phase enough for pregnancy to happen which was just not possible before.  Neither luteal phase nor uterine lining were flagged as issues during fertility testing.  They didn't look at my lining at all and my progesterone levels were fine - turns out progesterone tests don't tell you much given how much progesterone levels vary throughout the day.  But I knew my luteal phase was on the short side, and during the monitoring from my first failed IUI my uterine lining was very thin, which tracks with the short and light periods.

What I'm trying to say here is echo some of the PPs - sometimes you kind of just have to try treatment and see if it works.  Since your RE is pushing IVF and you're not sure about that, get a second opinion for sure, but I don't think it's worth it to invest a lot of time and resources into getting to the bottom of things if you've already done the standard testing.  The science is just not good enough for that.[/quote]

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