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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, if you are DOR than you probably do not have to worry about being distended and bloated before retrieval because you have 25 follicles.

I was DOR, retrieved 5, 3 fertilized, one transferred, one frozen.  It is hopefully working, I am 10 weeks.  [/quote]

HI OP - I am also DOR. Please make sure your one shot is with an RE that specializes in DOR. Do not waste this attempt. I would look into Dr. Davis at Cornell, SIRM in NYC or CCRM in Colorado. I went with SIRM in NYC and even with a .4 AMH was able to get 8 embryos after fertilization. I am currently 18 weeks with a singleton after a 3 day transfer of 2. 
I never did IUI because one of my tubes is blocked and the RE's didn't see the worth in it. I did take tons of supplements and track my cycles and try everything naturally for 3 years with no luck - i consider one IVF round a year's worth of trying naturally. Even though we transferred two none of the others made it to blast on day 5. So essentially we found the good one out of the batch. In reality that could have been one month out of 8 trying on our own we actually had a shot.
Look into shared risk packages - the two cycle plan at SIRM was what we signed up for. good luck!
 
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OP here.  Thanks for sharing your story.  But here's what I don't understand--you said you were trying naturally for 3 years, how is it that your first IVF worked when 3 years of trying and that's like 36 eggs that you went through, didn't?  You're saying that you found a good egg with IVF, but how come you (and I) can't seem to get that "good egg" with years of trying naturally?

I've been trying for a year and a half naturally and haven't found my "good egg" yet.  Why would I think that one IVF would produce the good egg?  This is what doesn't make sense to me about IVF when you've been trying for over a year or more and cannot get pregnant on your own.[/quote]

this is just my opinion but it's not just getting the good egg - it's also making sure that egg is fertilized and in the best situation to implant. We learned so much from my IVF - out of 12 retrieved (8 fertilized) 11 were from my left ovary - which is also the side that has the blocked tube.  So maybe once a year I ovulate on my right side - aka the only side that could get me pregnant - but 9 times out of ten the egg on the right wasn't going to be ok. DOR is not just a lack of eggs, it usually means a decrease in quality because the best eggs are ovulated first (like when we are teens) and the ones left are mostly sub par. It's not just getting the good egg, it's also having the perfect timing and getting it fertilized by the right sperm and then getting it into the uterus to implant - exactly why even perfectly fertile couples in their 20's still have only a 25-30% chance each month. 
IVF is very much diagnostic and honestly once we were doing the shots we were in it. Yes the monitoring is stressful and annoying but retrieval was a breeze. And you have honestly no risk of OHSS being DOR.

It's up to you obviously but I would meet with a few more RE's that specialize in DOR and can give you an honest opinion of what to expect. I did have an IVF cycle before my successful one but it was a disaster - I went to the big clinic with all the reviews and got treated like a number. I was told not to expect more than 2 or 3 follicles yet I ovulated thru my meds and we lost all of our insurance allotment.  That got me back on the natural supplement train and I was put off trying IVF again for about a year.  It took a few other friends getting pregnant (and the sorrow and jealously that goes with that) to honestly try again. We took our time and found the right RE and paid OOP. Stressful - of course.  But now almost halfway thru totally worth it. (I still worry every day that something is going to go wrong, but that's IF PTSD).[/quote]

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