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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully, you and your partner are fertile and can do this easily, but a word of caution; I underwent ivf at 32 and 33 due to my husband’s low sperm count, and in 3 ivf cycles, we failed to produce a single embryo that made it to the stage where they freeze embryos. However, we ended up with fraternal twins from a fresh transfer. Had we frozen them, we might not have ended up with any children. Give some thought in advance to what you want to do if you end up with very few or mediocre quality embryos.[/quote]

I agree with this word of caution. If you peruse this board you will quickly learn that nothing is “expected” in IVF! I was 35 when I started with testing and 36 by the time my eggs were retrieved. I had excellent numbers (AMH, follicle count, etc)- the three doctors and one nurse I consulted with said they expected lots of eggs from me. For whatever reason, my response to stims was not as anticipated and I ended up having to do two cycles in order to have enough eggs to feel like I had a reasonable chance at two children down the line. Regarding insurance, keep in mind that yours may pay for some things. Mine for example, paid for stim medicine (can you believe it?) because it was categorized as a pharmacy benefit. My check-ups and testing were all considered medical and not infertility, so that worked out in my favor too. Shady Grove has a good checklist of questions to ask your insurance provider to determine coverage FYI. I think WinFertility has one too somewhere online.[/quote]

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