wouldloveabub - thanks for all that info. I too believe in researching & questioning. I'll do some googling this afternoon and give my FS a call tomorrow (being that I'm so impatient and won't be able to wait until our appointment). I'd love the info about your endro dr as I'm seeing my GP tomorrow with the intention of requesting thyroid tests and if they come back with results that require further attention I want to get moving on that.

As for my age - as far as we know (after the standard tests and no other indications) age is the only factor in our struggle. I may know more once the post-D&C testing comes back - but right now, that's it. I don't even know for sure whether I have a thyroid issue - I had one years ago, but tested fine for many years after that and basically forgot about it. I too don't feel too old for this, but apparently my ovaries may not agree (nor do my gray hairs!). you know, I was wondering - and want to ask my FS about this - if one was on the pill for years, as I was, does this mean that they have all those eggs that should have been released during those years sitting there waiting to be released - or have they somehow vanished? I know that many of them may well have deteriorated over time, but shouldn't they be there???

Pre-IVF we were TTC for 8 months - that's with cycle monitoring etc. - and as you can see from my signature we've done 2 ivf cycles - both with drugs although the 2nd produced no good eggs to transfer thus we used only frozen we had - which stuck for 8 weeks!

Which IVF clinic are you at? which dr? if you don't want to post, please PM the info (and I'll reply with the same) - I'd love to compare notes etc. I really struggle with getting comfortable with the treatment because I'm from the US (NY city) and all my over 40 friends (7 of them) had success with IVF with their own eggs (TTC over 40 in NY city is almost the norm it seems!) but the process is very different (they all go to blasts and have up to 5 put back in...and all have had single births)...sometimes I wonder if I'm getting the best treatment available for TTC speaking in terms of what is available globally - I don't want to offend my FS and am quite happy that the costs here are so much less than they would be if I was doing this in the US - but at the same time, I want to know that we are doing everything possible to get our much wanted happy & healthy baby.