Did your number of snowbubs affect your decision to have more children?

[nic]

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[jmmum]

It did in some ways. I kept going until they were all gone. I was trying for #2 but it never happened.

[Shezabelle]

It did for me but sort of in reverse. I have no snowbubs left so will not try for anymore as I don't want to do a fresh cycle.

[Bloom]

Well, I am kinda cheating and answering in advance... (as I have no children as yet OR snowbubs, but I'm working on it, Day 9 of my first IVF cycle!) But I think it will... DH and I have decided to have a "every frostie gets a go" policy. That means we will transfer in every frostie we get eventually and if we end up with lots of children, then that's they way it ends up!

[Muppity]

It has for my DH.

I always wanted a larger family but he was set on one. Now that we have frosties (and am hoping that this one sticks) he has started talking about the "optimum age gap". I am keeping quiet but silently jumping for joy

[happymel]

We only have one snowbub left, and i know one day that id love to use it! Just not yet, as we both agree it would be too much and not fair on Addie and Will. Im not sure how i would feel having eight left! Its a really big decision. DH wont even consider any more babies right now hee hee! And i have to agree. But i would like a bigger family.

[Hollybolly]

DH & I are the same as Ruth - we'll give every snow bub a go (if we get any.. 4 stim cycles previously and none to freeze, so who knows?)

I would have as many children as my body would physically allow me... and as long as DH could make enough pizzas to ensure that I didn't have to work again for a LOOOOONG time

DH is the typical Sicilian man with his attitude on children... the bigger the numbers, the better

I always wanted 4, he's wanting at least 6... we have Luke so far, so we'll see how we go

I'm so selfish atm that I couldn't possibly imagine giving my embryos to someone else.... but I'm fairly certain thats almost 100% due to the fact that we haven't had any luck with the IVF yet.

My opinions may change later on.... (But I doubt it, I want all of them for myself )

[onthefly]

8!!! well done nic!
We have 6 in the freezer. We'd like 3-4 children (ideally) so we'll probably just end up using them all (figure some won't thaw/stick).
If we get extremely lucky and end up with extras, I'm not sure what we'd do. Before I had DS we thought we'd donate any extras. Now I feel differently about that (not sure why, something to think more about later on, when and if...) DH doesn't want them going to research, and I don't think either of us would want them to be 'wasted' so we'd probably just go again.

[Ann14]

Hi Nic,

I have brought this question up also as we have 2 snowbubs in storage. If there were no snowbubs I wouldn't even be thinking of going back. Like happymel we have twin from our last cycle and DP has said 2 is enough. I think it is to early for us to decide and they will keep the eggs for up to 5 years.

So to answer your question :

Did the amount of embies you had in storage, affect your decision to possibly add to your family when you thought it was complete?

Yes