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[quote=Anonymous]I knew it would be harder to get pregnant in late 30's and onward but since I was not married, I did not have a choice but to wait.  Before I was married the second time, I seriously thought about using donor sperm to get pregnant but I just can't see myself as a single mother raising a child since I am very traditional and a Catholic.  Well, I got married and we have severe male infertility (low motility, low morph as well as low count) so we ended up doing IVF almost one year after we got married.  3 IVF with own eggs later and one miscarriage, we moved on to donor egg IVF.  2 fresh DE IVF and 1 FET later we only had 1 chemical PG.  I am in the process of starting my 3rd DE cycle at a new clinic in Oregon which has much higher take home baby rate than any clinics in the DC area.  So here's hoping for success this time around.  It has been 9 years since we've embarked on this TTC journey.

When our friend got married at 40, I thought to myself I hope she will not wait too long to try to get pregnant.  Sure enough she was pregnant 3 months later.  I was very happy for her as well as felt sorry for myself.  Then I heard she had a miscarriage, I felt horrible that I was jealous of her for getting pregnant so quickly.  Now I am thinking maybe I should try to talk to her about the problem of TTCing in your 40's which can result in genetic miscarriages.  She is in healthcare profession so I think she is intelligent enough to research on her own the risks.  Anyways I don't want to intrude on her and assume she wants my advice so I will just stay back and offer if she wants to talk.[/quote]

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