Reply to Your advice: Is it worth seeing a fertility specialist?

Forum Index » Infertility Support and Discussion

Reply to "Your advice: Is it worth seeing a fertility specialist?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My heart aches for you, OP. My DH and I also got pregnant easily and have two children from previous uneventful, normal pregnancies, but still had 3 losses in the last year at age 41-42 (DH is 38). All losses were between 9-12 weeks. The last two were trisomy related but the first came back no issues/female (though my OB wasn't completely convinced this was accurate b/c the practice lacked confidence in the lab they used at the time and subsequently switched).

It was recommended that we try IVF with PGD. Fortunately my insurance covered it though I paid out of pocket for some of the meds (my long stim cycle required meds that exceeded my insurance cap). We went with Dr. Osbourne at Shady Grove and agreed to give it ONE shot and then move on.

Prior to cycling, my DH and I went through a full array of tests, including genetic, but everything came back normal. Long story short, the PGD testing at 3 days revealed that out of 9 embryos, only 2 were genetically "normal." We put back those 2 and have 2 beautiful beans at 7 weeks with heartbeats. We are obviously not out of the woods yet, but for me, the PGD results were enough to justify our going the IVF/PGD route. While we surely could have gotten pregnant again on our own, the odds clearly were not in our favor.

Best of luck to you. 
[/quote]

This is such an inspiring story.  Congratulations!!  We're in almost the same boat, although we've had 5 losses in a couple of years.  Three of our losses were early, but two were toward the end of the first trimester.  We've also been recommended to try IVF with PGD, but it's been a hard step to take.  We were told that the odds were very low, but your story is motivational.  I hope you have a healthy and happy pregnancy![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics