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OP here.  Re: your second point, no, my periods are not irregular.  I have a very regular 28 day cycle.  I don't think I'm going through menopause (and my GYN also said I am not).  I use OPKs each month which show two days of the egg symbol, and we are having lots of sex (like at least 5 times) within the fertile window.  After 10 months of that, no pregnancy.  Just makes me wonder what exactly is going on with my eggs.  They must all be really bad.  Blood tests seem to substantiate this, and the two REs I have been to are not optimistic about traditional IVF working with my numbers.  My OB is also not optimistic.  I am going to have a few more consultations to see what other REs say, maybe a few out of town clinics too.  And yes, I did the HSG along with the antral follicle count ultrasound.  No issues other than very few antral follicles.

My next step is to add in acupuncture to the other holistic things I am already doing and see if that helps any and also see a nutritionist.  I'm a pretty healthy eater but I can always improve on that.  We are willing to give it about 16 months of trying naturally before going to maybe a mini IVF/natural cycle IVF or donor egg.  But I'm not willing to do traditional IVF.  And yes, if those things all fail then we're looking at being one and done.[/quote]

OP, I'm a little confused by your posts.  Your dx seem to indicate DOR, but you keep talking about egg quality.  Is it the former?  Or do you have reasons to think it's both?  DOR is very hard to treat with ART, since even if the quality of the eggs is good you just might not have enough to retrieve and fertilize.  I think in some cases they suggest natural cycle IVF, has anyone brought that up?  It does seem to me that donor egg might be a better option for you since you know you can successfully carry a pregnancy (not everyone can easily).[/quote]

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