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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What clinic is willing to sell you egg freezing at 40? My very ethical doctor told me 38 was the upper limit for the process actually succeeding.

Agree that waiting is ridiculous. None of my friends who froze their eggs suddenly met a great husband in their mid-40s who wanted to have kids. Meanwhile, I had my sperm donor kids at 40, and like PP said, I am seriously feeling my age at 45. Not sure I could do it now.[/quote]

Depending on your day 3 test results, plenty of places will do freezing at 40.  Age is one factor but by no means the only. Success with frozen eggs from age X is very similar to plain old IVF from age X. The vitrification freezing technology is that good. 
As for one example, I did 3 freezing rounds with a very numbers-savvy RE at Shady Grove. A few years later I married my boyfriend and we now have 2 great kids from those eggs frozen at 40-41. Was I guaranteed a baby? Of course not- but I did what I could as my age, finances and life circumstances allowed to put myself in the best position I could to have a child with my own eggs. Would this all have been easier at 30 or 35? Maybe? Who knows!? My whole life was different then and I hadn’t even met my future husband. But certainly I don’t feel too old to have the life and family I was lucky to get. As a side note, I only used 13 eggs to have 2 kids - but again nothing was ever guaranteed and I certainly know it could easily have gone the other way. OP has clearly thought this though - sending her good luck and happy vibes. [/quote]

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