How many IVF tries?

[Marz]

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your replies. Ive decided not to give up, and have started another stim cycle. So fingers crossed this time it works. xx

[Loula]

best wishes Marz. what area are you in and which clinic?

[Marz]

Thanks Loula. xx Im in Elwood, and im with Melbourne ivf. Im doing a Down Reg cycle, so have only just started taking the pill. Which clinic were you with when you got your BFP?

[barney]

aww marz good on you hunny,stay strong and positive hun and keep telling yourself " I CAN DO THIS I CAN GET MY BFP"
all the best sweety and please keep us all posted ill be cheering you on from the side lines

[Bella'smum]

Hello, I fell pregnant with my daughter on my second try at IVF. It was several months after my first try though because our first consultant had told us to give up entirely as I was a "poor responder". We were still on a wait list for a NHS cycle (this was in the UK) when we were given that news, and when our letter arrived from the NHS two months later we decided to try again anyway just because it would not cost us anything. We switched to an antagonist protocol and had six follicles total (so still technically a poor response), three eggs retrieved and only one fertilised, which at three days looked to be the perfect embryo and was transferred. My daughter was born nine months later. A great success for a poor responder.
Here we are a couple of years later trying again, ever optimistic, but we have had only two cycles out of four that have got to EPU, and only one that has got to transfer, and our beautiful looking embryos did not make it this time. Everything said they should have made it - they looked good and I had fallen pregnant before - but they didn't.
So I believe you can be told all sorts of things about your odds, or statistics, and how many times you should or shouldn't try, and at the end of the day it can be meaningless.
Don't give up after a few failures without trying something different, anyway. If we had given up when we were told to, we would have missed out on so much.

[Loula]

marz i have been with a total of 4 FS from both MIVF and Monash, and one consult with the famous DrS in Sydney.

just make sure they are answering your questions and you are understanding. xx

[lise]

Good to hear Marz, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for you. I was also at MIVF and had a really positive experience and thought our FS and the nurses I dealt with were fabulous. All the best!

Lise xx