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Hi Ladies,

Just wanted to check in and see how everyone is doing?!
I'm on day 8 of stimming drugs for our first IVF cycle - taking Gonal F in the Am and Menopur in the Pm. Next ultrasound is Thursday to see how everything is growing but so far I have 12 follicles and they are all growing well. I'm 42 so my RE says the response is good. Retreival will be Saturday or Sunday morning and then transfer five days after that. I'm also doing fertility accupuncture so we'll see how it helps.

How is everyone else?

Glad to hear from you, Violet 123! Love hearing stories from us older, persistent ladies TTC and especially success stories!!! I'm hoping this for you, for all of us!!! I am 40, hubby 36, and we have been TTC our first for over 2 years with irregular cycles. I have my first RE appointment on Tuesday and I am overly ready and excited for this!!! I hope your ultrasound shows nice, healthy and ready to go eggs and that retrieval is an amazing success!!! Keep us posted!!!

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sunaet0625, how did your appointment go today? We got 10 eggs at retrieval on Sunday - 9 were good and 6 fertilized - have our five day transfer on Friday the 10th - then we wait and see!

Awwwww, Violet, that's awesome! Again, this gives me hope, so thank you once again. The appointment went really well. The RE was much nicer and open to the idea of me having a baby at 40 than my obgyn was; she had a very snippy attitude with me and gave me all the negatives of getting pregnant and being a parent in my 40's. The RE was very encouraging. He even joked to my husband and I about how pretty my uterus was, how nice it was shaped, and how it looked strong (showed us the muscles in the ultrasound). So that was promising. Then he moved on to my ovaries and could not believe how many eggs he saw. I think he was shocked I still have so many... something about 8 when I should have 5 (this part I was a little confused about). Anyway, he also checked for PCOS, which I may have as he thought so perhaps on my left ovary, but nothing significant. I don't ovulate often, maybe 5-8 times per year. It used to be 2-3 times per year and always had been like that until I started using vitex. He seems to think I have many eggs, although, he isn't sure about the quality of them. He ordered all the necessary tests and plans to start me on chlomid. He says he thinks my brain isn't sending my ovaries the proper signal to ovulate and he provided me a name for this syndrome, but I can't remember what it is called. I will write it down next time I hear it. I feel so optimistic for the first time in ages.

sunaet0625, this is wonderful news!!! You must feel so much hope for the first time in ages!! I do think it's terrible how a lot of OBs have such a negative attitude about women at 40 getting pregnant. Fortunately my OB and RE both say it's entirely possible and there are so many more people getting pregnant later these days. Surround yourself with people who believe it's possible and it will happen for you. I'm curious, what are the next steps - did you say Clomid? Would you do an IUI?

I'm having my 5 day transfer tomorrow - egg retrieval was Sunday and as of Wednesday we had six embryos still growing - we'll see how many are left tomorrow. The plan at this point is to transfer two.

Yes, we would love to carry forward it.

Violet 123, I hope the transfer was a huge success!!! All very exciting news, I am very excited for you and cannot wait to hear your good news ! I definitely would do an IUI if Clomid doesn't work magic and I am also open to using other medications. Blood work confirmed that I did ovulate, finally, around cycle day 63-64 when I got a blazing opk. Ridiculous, erratic cycles...but thank God it happened and I am starting to believe, truly, that it is in God's timing. I should start a period early next week. On cycle day 3, I go in for an FSH test. I am also starting Clomid next week !!!