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TTC after 35
Miss43
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Miss43
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Hi,
no idea if i'm really in the right place as everyone seems to have a partner. And I'm not sure someone for this thought I have been reading form the sideline hence I registered. I have had one IVF round at 43. Awesome egg count, terrible fertilisation rate. Hope to back up in February 2015 and this time it will be an ICSI cycle.
Good luck to everyone.
I'm 43. Single.
One IVF cycle November 2014; 14 eggs; 12 mature; 2 fertilised.
Hoping to do another round in February which will be ICSI due to my low fertilisation rate.
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TTC #1 Since May 2014
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I hope your February cycle goes well.
Good luck
Me:39, DH:40
DD born 8/96, DS born 8/04
TTC#3
NTNP since 2006, active trying 1/13
Natural M/C 3/13 at 7 weeks
CP 2/14
All welcome
Me 36 DH 39
BFP 11/28/14 ~ MMC 12/29/14
TTCAL Siggy Challenge
I am 42 and was just recommended ivf. Do you mind if I ask how many is an awesome egg count?
Thank you to everyone. Sorry for the delay I didn't get any notifications so I must have done something wrong with my settings.
The first egg collection was 14, 11 mature and only 2 fertilised, but they were very slow and didn't take after ET at day 3. The FS said this was a really good count for my age (with no known IF issues other than age). From reading the forum I feel very very lucky to be able to retrieve so many eggs, but then they turn out to be a bit tired.
I did more reading and started on coQ10 (ubiqinol form). So hopefully that will give them a little power to fertilise next time. I will have been taking it for nearly three months by the time my ICSI comes around. I also started acupuncture this month with an acupuncture fertility specialist. Fingers crossed.
I have no children but have always wanted them, hung on too long to the hope of finding the right man!
Best wishes to everyone else. I will bookmark and check in more often!
I'm 43. Single.
One IVF cycle November 2014; 14 eggs; 12 mature; 2 fertilised.
Hoping to do another round in February which will be ICSI due to my low fertilisation rate.
I'm 43. Single.
One IVF cycle November 2014; 14 eggs; 12 mature; 2 fertilised.
Hoping to do another round in February which will be ICSI due to my low fertilisation rate.
BFP- 10-16-14 EDD 6/13/15: MC 12-1-14
@dolphin012. I guess it's personal choice and I think others have noted their doctors has said it can't hurt. I read https://www.itstartswiththeegg.com/ and a couple of other similar books I got on my kindle. I also, quite nerdish like, went to the library so I could access more authoritative sources like medical journals in the databases the libraries subscribe to. On that front it was similar to the benefits of acupuncture, some say it helps, others say not, others say it can't hurt. How do you tell frankly!
But the reading made it helpful for me to decide to give it a crack. I actually take the ubiquinol form of CoQ10 and the literature explains the difference, but ubiquinol is apparently easier to absorb into your body. Someone else on this site (I think it was this one, not this thread) noted that it thins your blood and they encountered troubles after egg collection. From memory https://www.itstartswiththeegg.com/ talks about when to stop taking it. I plan to stop when I start my next cycle.
I actually don't know if it has/will make a difference to my egg quality. That should be able to be determined for my next cycle should they get any eggs. But given the sluggish nature of my eggs last time, I am hoping there will be a noticeable difference. But I don't seem to have any side effects, but I didn't just smash my body with a big dose at first, I started at 50mg for a week and then have crept up to 200 mg per day. In your research make sure you notice the difference between the different forms of CoQ10 as the dosage rates are different.
For the exhaustion, I didn't find the IVF cycle too physically onerous, but I think I was pretty lucky. I didn't really bloat (sort of at the end when my ovaries felt like they were going to make a break for it!) and there was no emotional roller coaster. But I really kept up the water (2 litres a day). Emotionally it was a little draining. The only thing I have noticed physically is I put on a few kilos (like 6!) which is really annoying, inspite of not eating more and still doing exercise.
Good luck!
And thank you to everyone else on the site. I'm not really a blogger but I am finding this very
I'm 43. Single.
One IVF cycle November 2014; 14 eggs; 12 mature; 2 fertilised.
Hoping to do another round in February which will be ICSI due to my low fertilisation rate.
supportive and helpful
Good luck to you all.
I'm 43. Single.
One IVF cycle November 2014; 14 eggs; 12 mature; 2 fertilised.
Hoping to do another round in February which will be ICSI due to my low fertilisation rate.