I had 5 stim cycles and 3 FETs before falling pg. In all previous cycles, I'd never fallen pg, not once. not even one little tiny bit of HCG showed up.

When we first started, DH and I planned on 3 stim cycles on, with any accompanying FETs, and set a limit of $10k maximum to spend. I already have three kids and did not want to disadvantage them by spending more than we could reasonably afford.

But what you set yourself in limits has nothing to do with your emotional limit, and I think both DH and I were not ready to give up yet after 3 stim cycles had failed. We'd revised our 'limit' many times, with our last 'limit' being 10 cycles in total. That time, I think it was more emotional than financial, though.

And while there are heaps of women who fall the first or second time, there are as many, who like me, will have to go many many time before succeeding. In my case, our only fertility problem was blocked tubes. I was otherwise fertile, and had fallen pg naturally previously.

It just all depends. I'm probably the more depressing of the statistics, but hey, the news only gets better from here!

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sushee