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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some REs suggest donor egg sooner than others - it depends on a lot of factors specific to you. From my experience at 3 clinics, SGF suggests donor egg sooner than CFA (Dr. Sacks did not suggest donor egg for me at all even though we had 5 failed cycles at ages 40-41). If you don't want to use a donor you can just say no and go to a different doctor for more IVF or stop trying. For us, going to different clinics and doing more OE IVF was not a wise decision, but it's completely your choice. If I were you wouldn't worry about DE too much until you've at least tried IVF with OE a few times to see how you respond. Then disucss next steps with an RE you trust. But I completely understand trying to plan ahead. Good luck to you.   [/quote]

Thank you.

So if we do go the IVF route, how exactly does it work? [/quote]

What are you asking OP? Like the science behind it? No two cycles are alike.

Prelim Testing on you and partner

First meeting RE to go over numbers where treatment plans are suggested

Meet with Finance and go over insurance options (if any) and OOP costs

Decide on plan of action (full stimulation vs IUI etc)

Decide Yay or Nay

Depending on protocol/plan wait for period or start birth control after ovulation to quiet the ovaries

Get your period. Call on day 1 or 2 and set up monitoring for day 3 (monitoring = early morning bloodwork and ultrasounds)

Start meds once you are cleared day 3ish

Go in for monitoring many times

Trigger ovulation

Egg retrieval + egg fertilization

The waiting game begins

Find out how many embryos and either do fresh transfer on day 5 or freeze and test for abnormalities

If you transfer you enter a 10-14 day wait for pregnancy test and beta levels

If you freeze and test you wait a few weeks for those results.

If not pregnant you start another cycle that is just a transfer and that can be medicated or natural if you ovulate on your own.

Rinse, repeat[/quote]

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