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[quote=Anonymous]OP, our histories are uncannily similar.  I am 36, started trying at 33, have DOR, did multiple rounds of IUI (with clomid and then stims) and four IVF cycles (all of them in the last year starting when I was 35.) Your response is a bit better than mine.  I had three of the four rounds cancelled and one produced one egg, which fertilized but didn't implant.  One of the canceled cycles was coverted to an IUI and I got pregnant but had a blighted ovum miscarriage at six weeks. We have no MF problems or implantation problems.

We also had full coverage for IVF with OE (very lucky) and have enough money to try DE (also very lucky, but it will be - and always is - out of pocket so not an inconsiderable expense.) We decided after our fourth round not to try again with my eggs.  The success rate is 5-10% for people in my age range with DOR.  With DE, the success rate is around 50% (and with likely FETs available and given our age is actually north of 75%.)

To answer your question,  we just came to the conclusion that the toll of our unsuccessful journey through infertility was too high and successfully getting pregnant and getting out of this emotionally punishing cycle was much more important than genetics.

We were able to get a consultation with Dr. Sauer at Columbia-Presbyterian in NY and decided to do donor egg with him (likely to happen in April since it takes a few months for the process to be completed.)  What I liked about him was that when we went to NY for our initial meeting, he spend about 45 minutes going over our chart (and we had done a consult with him about six months earlier so he was already familiar with the case) and he told me that he thought our clinic (GW) had done a really good job trying all possible protocol combinations. Ours is not a case of poor care. It's just not possible given the biology.  He did find a few of my lab numbers that were within the normal range but they were trending unusually so we did a bunch of lab work to track down any undiagnosed problems. This was another thing that made me feel like he had really taken his time with my chart.  Columbia has an amazing program, does a high number of DE cycles a year, has a great donor pool (he made a very compelling argument against using an agency), and they have all of their donors come in to the clinic everyday to get their meds so there are no mistakes.

Good luck with your decision and I hope we both have some long awaited luck in the new year. 
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