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by DCRunningMama » Sun May 15, 2011 9:58 am
I don't believe WE have anything that is within our control that impacts getting pregnant. I believe sometimes you get lucky and you find the right sperm and the right egg and the right embryo and you get pregnant.
I have been through 5 fresh cycles of IVF, 1 frozen cycle of IVF.
On my first cycle of IVF, I ran the entire time, I drank the entire time, the only vitamin I took was a prenatal vitamin, and I continued to drink caffeine. I got pregnant.
On my second, third cycles of IVF, I did not exercise, I did not drink alcohol, I did not drink caffeine. I did NOT get pregnant.
On my fourth cycle of IVF, I did not exercise, I ate full fat cheese, I did not drink alcohol, I drank caffeine, I took a TON of supplements (DHEA, CoQ10, Royal Jelly/Bee Pollen, etc.), I used accupuncture. I did NOT get pregnant.
On my fifth cycle of IVF, I walked for exercise, ate full fat cheese, I drank too much alcohol, I did not drink caffeine, I took a TON of supplements, I used accupuncture. I got pregnant.
There was no rhyme or reason to my success.
My first IVF cycle was when I was 29. My second through fifth cycles of IVF were when I was 32.
Me: 33 DH: 37, Low Morphology, DOR
IVF#1 2/08: BFP! 11/08 Healthy Baby
FET #1 5/10: BFN
IVF#2 8/10: BFN, 2 Day 5 blasts
IVF#3 11/10: BFN, 3 Day 5 blasts
IVF#4 2/11:BFN, 2 Day 5 blasts
IVF#5 4-5/11: BFP!!! 2 3-days (7 cell, 8 cell) 5/9=866, 5/11=1595