IVF with very high FSH?

[buliej]

Tigga - I'm so sorry that you are faced with these decisions, and that your substitute FS made such a ridiculous comment. I did go through with a pick-up when I knew there was likely to be 1 egg (it was a natural cycle with clomid). I had 2 follicles, but the chance of them both having eggs was slim. I did get pregnant from the 1! lost it at 5 weeks (still waiting to find out why - it was recent)...but that could have been the baby we've been waiting for (and my prior cycle was canceled post pick-up because no eggs survived and I couldn't stomach having back-to-back cycles canceled). That said, it is a lot of money for a slim chance, and that makes it a very individual and personal decision. Is IUI an option - it has a lower success rate (I think) but it is still assisted so it's better than no assistance, and much less expensive (at my clinic it is - I would think that the same would be true at others).

About the donor egg. My FS said that after my 2nd failed cycle (although I had had 1 successful cycle that produced eggs before these failures), and I was floored. I thought it was so premature and frankly, the easy way out for my FS. She didn't say the same thing this time - she said she was happy to see the single egg and that she thinks it is a matter of 1 good egg - I can't see why the same wouldn't apply to you. I hope your regular FS has a perspective that takes your feelings into account.

About the $ being earned by the drs/clinics. It's funny that you mention this as a motivation for their advice. This never occurred to me until this week when someone else raised it. I have to think that this is against the Hippocratic oath and an ethical dr would not let that influence their advice. I've also been thinking about what the FS will change if they do take the safety net away from ivf....in some really weird way, will this force them to do things that increase the chances of success of each cycle - there's no way that the clinics would have the same volume of business without the safety net.

Dutchie - good luck with this cycle - that's a good starting point.

quick "hello" to everyone else