We're in the middle of fresh IVF number 14, and just got the fert report - out of 7 eggs retrieved, only 3 were mature and only 1 fertilized. I am such a realist and invest so little into it emotionally that I don't even get nervous for the fert report any more and have prepared myself for numbers like that before I get them. The only thing I do after this kind of result is go and check out some more "raising an only child" blogs, to try to stay at peace with our decision that we will take project sibling no further after our sperm is used up. I do have doubts, definitely, but they are pretty fleeting.
Mic has raised the possibility of him going back on hormone injections to try to get some more sperm, but I am really against it. I will be 40 in 3 months and it's clear that my egg quality and quantity is nosediving as well. I can't imagine going through this again another 7 or 8 times and having only empty pockets and heartache to show for it. We need to be the best parents we can to our miracle boy and that means having the energy and enough fun in us to raise him.
Meantime I am considering a last-ditch detox fasting exercising type thing to try and shunt my aging eggs on to a few last cycles (3 more max). I know, I am basically writing off this one before it's over, but it is the only coping mechanism that works for me.
Mic has raised the possibility of him going back on hormone injections to try to get some more sperm, but I am really against it. I will be 40 in 3 months and it's clear that my egg quality and quantity is nosediving as well. I can't imagine going through this again another 7 or 8 times and having only empty pockets and heartache to show for it. We need to be the best parents we can to our miracle boy and that means having the energy and enough fun in us to raise him.
Meantime I am considering a last-ditch detox fasting exercising type thing to try and shunt my aging eggs on to a few last cycles (3 more max). I know, I am basically writing off this one before it's over, but it is the only coping mechanism that works for me.
