First round of IVF in 40s, did it work?

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Curious to know how your egg quality was? Did the eggs make it to blastocyst stage? Did you have to 2 or 3 rounds for it to work? Thank you!

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I ended up with 9 five-day embryos through 2 IVF cycles.  We did do PGS genetic testing and found that only one was viable (in the 2nd round of IVF).  But, she is a tough one and I'm currently 28 weeks pregnant.  :) I did a lot of research and tried several things to improve egg quality, including acupuncture once a week, took royal jelly and ubiquinol supplements and ate really well/healthy.  Did any of that work? I have no idea. I did the two rounds of IVF within a four month period, and didn't have much time to prepare beforehand.  The sooner you can start trying to improve egg quality before IVF, the better.

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Hi---I just turned 41 and I'm 10 weeks pregnant. I did 2 rounds of IVF. The first retrieval I had 22 eggs but only 2 were viable. We froze them and did another round. On the 2nd round I had 18 eggs and 4 were viable. We did the genetic testing of all 6 and had 1 normal embryo. We went for it with our 1 and now he's on the way! In the end all you need is one--my husband kept me strong by reminding me of that.

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I am 41 and currently 12 weeks pregnant. It was our first IVF. We did 4 IUIs prior. My AMH was low and the suggestion was donor eggs but we wanted at least one chance with mine. Ended up retrieving only 3 eggs and of those 2 were viable. Both were put in on day 3 and one caught!

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This helps. Did they say why the eggs didn't make it?

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I was on clomid / gonal f and made 26 eggs. 17 were able to be retrieved , 2 fresh transferred and only 5 made it to day 5 when they were frozen. Just went for blood work today and we are sadly not pregnant. We will start our 2nd round soon....hope it help. I'm 35 almost 36.

First round of IVF in 40s, did it work?

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