My fertility specialist was not conivnced either way as the research is still quite new, but he was happy to support us in getting a second opinon and even sent up our test records so we didn't have to double up on any blood tests as we had already had the full gamut of chromsome and other tests before we had started.....so that meant we only had to have a couple of extra ones done in sydney. And when an issue was found he was happy to liaise with Gavin on what protocol to use so I guess finding an open minded FS is the key to trying new things and exploring your options. I am surprised you are only know being tested for chromosomal issues, we had all that done before our very first cycle but possibly because we had had 3 miscarriages (2 on clomid) before we started down the IVF road they approached us differently.
Yeah, I have never had a miscarriage (that I know of). Prior to IVF I had all of the hormone tests, thyroid, insulin, etc but this time around dp and I were tested for karotype, Leiden factor v and a million other things! She is also retesting my hormone levels - AMH, FSH, LH etc.
N2L, I was 33 when we went through IVF/ICSI which according to the IVF nurses was 'a baby' though it didn't feel like it to us. I was also overweight, I'd lost about 15 kgs before starting IVF but was still classified as obese (hmmm, doesn't look very nice when I write it down!). We were very lucky to conceive on our second stim cycle (first cycle all our fertilised eggs developed multiple nuclei and our FS said they were no good so we had to go straight into another stim cycle) but we had male factor infertility (low sperm count, poor motility and morphology) whereas my tests had come back all clear. So not sure if that made a difference but we did manage a BFP whilst being on the cuddly side.
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