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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  I'm 38, not 40, but my ovaries appear to be 40+.

Anyhow, I was organizing my file cabinet today and found my notes from one of my consultations with an RE who is an expert in DOR.  My notes say that he predicts a 30-40% chance that I will be pregnant in 3 years naturally (I went for a consult a year ago).  I had forgotten about that and thought it was interesting.  I remember him saying that he thinks I'm sub-fertile and not infertile (actually the other REs I've consulted with also said that). So maybe my situation isn't as hopeless as I thought in terms of getting pregnant naturally?[/quote]

No one can answer this question for you, pp. Not anyone on this forum. Not an RE. Fertility is really tricky. Unexpected things can happen. Expected things can happen.

Perhaps you are asking the wrong question though. Rather than asking a question no one can answer - e.g., will I get pregnant - perhaps you should be asking yourself what you can live with. Let's assume you continue to resist IVF and just don't want to go that route. That's ok. Nothing wrong with that. Instead, you continue to try and get pregnant naturally. If it never works, would you be ok with that?[/quote]

OP here.  Yes, I would be okay with that.  It's Mother Nature telling me that a second pregnancy for me is not meant to be. It sucks but it is what it is.  It's just very hard for me to accept that this is happening [b]given my history the first time around[/b].  [/quote]

You seem really hung up on the fact you had a child naturally.  Do you have any idea how many women deal with secondary infertility?  Also "accepting what is happening?"   What's happening is you have access to top notch medical care so you can get pregnant but you're turning down treatment for emotional reasons.

I just feel bad for you spending so much time and energy on success rates, talking to RE after RE, trying to guess as to if it will work, still trying to conceive naturally....when you could just do DE/IVF and probably have a baby!

I spent a lot of time and energy myself and made this huge deal out of it.  Got pregnant on my first round of IVF.  I had to take the meds for what, 9 days?  It was seriously no big deal.  I realize I got lucky and achieved success on my first round.  Regardless, I'm just so happy I went through with it and I'm now pregnant.  [/quote]

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