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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks for all the helpful info.  My family history is incredibly fertile, and I have 14 first cousins who all had 3 kids each, and most of them are boys.  In addition most of my female relatives were very fertile naturally into their mid 40s.  I got pregnant right away with #1 and assumed I was also very fertile.  Now it's been almost 18 months trying for #2 with not a single pregnancy and I definitely am infertile now.  It's just really strange about my immune test results.  How can I find out if I'm genetically predisposed to this immune issue?  I have no history of autoimmune issues in my family and I don't have any autoimmune issues.  I feel the results are accurate based on my whole situation but just am having difficulty understanding why this is happening.  I feel like Mother Nature is telling me that I should not have a second child--it's going to take multiple rounds of IVF plus immune treatments just to have a chance (and a very low chance) of becoming pregnant again.  The thought of putting myself through all that, plus possible ICSI, assisted hatching, PVD testing, etc. all seems like too much medical intervention.[/quote]

I'm the PP who asked about family history.  My family history is very fertile as well maternal grandmother has 12 kids including one set of twins.  I believe in my own case though that the genetics were passed on my paternal side and my dad had several brothers.  Not everyone would have inherited the type of genes that I believe my dad did.  And obviously he didn't need to get pregnant so this would not necessarily cause issues for him that would manifest this way.  No one else in my family experienced issues either.  My point is that genetics may be an issue without you really knowing it.  Dr. Braverman would be the only one who would do a full HLA and KIR panel on you and that's the only way to know for sure if you have a haplotype that is predisposed.

I've been through many iterations of these test results and have had a dozen or so drawn.  I do understand the results and can explain more detail about what treatments will result from them, but what good would that do if you are not considering doing any of the treatments?  Not many of us know what having "immune issues" means for our future, but I'm kind of hoping I end up like my great grandmother and live to be 94.  [/quote]

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