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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should do IVF. 5% a month isn't cumulative. Each month its5%[/quote]

OP here.  My RE told me it is cumulative. He said I have a 20% chance of getting pregnant with one IVF, or a 30% chance of getting pregnant in 3 years TTC with no treatments.  [b]With those poor odds, I decided not to do IVF because I would only be willing to do it one time[/b].[/quote]

I can't imagine basing my decision entirely on those odds.  There are plenty of women who get pregnant at 40 through IVF.  Also one time?  What if you had frozen embryos?  I feel like you're the same poster who posted in the past about your AMH?  [/quote]

I was the poster with the .4 Amh - i happily did 2 ivfs and would have done more but i have a 10 week old! DOR is a different set of rules and needs to be approached aggressively - i would never tell anyone not to try ivf because your odds are low -  that's the whole reason to do ivf!

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I agree. I also have DOR. AMH of less than .01 at age 37. Did one natural cycle IVF and have my miracle baby.  I'm 41.5 and I've had 1 period since he was born. [/quote]

OP here.  I am inspired by your story but how is it possible that one cycle of natural cycle IVF with just one egg allowed you to get pregnant with an AMH of .01?  How is it that that one egg that month turned out to be a good one with such low AMH?  We've been TTC two years now, and I feel like if I did natural cycle IVF it wouldn't get me anywhere since I've gone through 26 eggs already and all of them were bad.[/quote]

Because there could be a chance that DH's sperm isn't string enough to penetrate your old eggs. So the DNA material inside is fine. The sperm just needs some help getting in (ICSI). [/quote]

OP here.  We have been thinking about that possibility and my husband wants to try donor sperm IUIs before giving up entirely.  He's fine with it, I'm fine with it, but would a clinic allow me to do that?  His sperm tests have all been normal.[/quote]

[b]That makes no sense. [/b]The problem isn't with DH's sperm. It's with your old eggs having a harder shell that sperm can't penetrate. Young eggs are like that glass pane in front of a fire extinguisher. Super easy to break. Old eggs is like a windshield.  Much harder to break. Young sperm, old sperm won't matter. They will both be going up against your windshield like egg shell. ICSI pierces through the harder shell

At this point, you don't know if it's a problem with your egg shell or old DNA or lining just isn't syncing right. [b]IVF will do things to improve all those areas to give you the best shot possible[/b]. [/quote]

+1. The problem is that OP has made IVF to be a huge deal in her head.  Most of what OP has said doesn't make any sense.  It's mostly mental at this point.  I understand as I've been there.  It doesn't make any sense to be okay with undergoing countless IUIs (and the meds that go along with them!) or consider long wait times for adoption but not give normal IVF, which is the best shot you have, a chance.  [/quote]

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