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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old are you and why are you freezing your eggs?

I have been through the infertility wringer and I ended up using donor eggs.  If I could give my younger self some advice it would be to save my money and go right to donor eggs.

I have three amazing kids.  One round of donor egg retrieval.  Second and third kid from frozen embryos.  Donor was 21 and her eggs were fantastic.  I am so thankful for her.

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I would like to give further perspective on this. I did donor egg (after almost seven years of infertility) and ended up with three (now almost adult) fabulous kids from a donor cycle (where she produced 6 ova) Yes, if I were close to 30 now and wanting to "preserve" (possibly) my own genetics, I would definitely do egg freezing (which was not available when I was first trying to get pregnant years 1994-2000).  However, I also had a diagnosis of endometriosis and it is still not clear whether my own eggs were EVER viable.  Each of us has to pursue her own road to a baby, of course, and I would encourage my own daughter to freeze eggs while she is relatively young.  But it is also possible that I "preserved" that daughter's fertility by not passing on my "infertile" genetics.   
I am happy to discuss any other experience with infertility etc.    In my day, I chose the clinic mostly for the skill/statistics of the embryologist/IVF lab.    And thus even tho I lived in DC area, I went to Los Angeles for (California Fertility Partners) and fro Dr. Richard Marrs who was a pioneer and a leader in the field at the time.[/quote]

Why wouldn't she use donor sperm first??? She is getting eggs . . . [/quote]

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