Thanks for your replies. Yes, I'm in the US. Not so worried that she'd try to fire me or anything like that. Just didn't want her to start panicking and asking me to train someone before I even know that I'm pregnant or in the first trimester. Her admin was 41 when she was pregnant with her second ...

So I've gone through a couple of IVF cycles and an IUI in the past 6 or 7 years. I chose to keep my boss in the loop so I wouldn't have the stress of coming with excuses if I had to suddenly be out of the office for an appointment (e.g., retrieval, transfer). She is the head of our office so sort of ...

I've done a couple of IVF cycles using 20 Lupron AM and evening, 15 HCG evening, and 450 Gonal-F (split 225 in the AM and evening) and have usually made around 7 mature eggs. But this time around, I'm taking the 450 Gonal-F only in the evening and they are only seeing 2 eggs maturing with 4 others ...

Still looking for articles of hope. I keep finding bad ones - like one guy who took Propecia for 6 months 3 years ago and still has side effects. That's extreme though.

Our clock is ticking - I'm going to be 40 next year, so I was hoping that we would be successful with this IUI.

I'm posting this here to spread the word. I've gone through IVF three times already and decided to try IUI.

So I went for an IUI this morning and I was called by the receptionist to go straight to Andrology. The andrologist there told me that my husband's sample was not good - sperm with ZERO ...

So I went for an IUI this morning and I was called by the receptionist to go straight to Andrology. The andrologist there told me that my husband's sample was not good - sperm with ZERO motility. I was devastated and bawled when I got home (I had to go to work shortly thereafter). His semen analyses ...

So after trying IVF two times unsuccessfully with PGD, we are now trying superovulation. It's sort of a step back for us because the whole idea of us doing the extra testing with IVF was to prevent miscarriages (I had 4 in the past due to chromosomal issues). So this time they're just stimulating ...

I lost weight while on Medrol - I didn't know then what was causing the weight loss.

Hmm.....this is weird. I've been gaining weight gradually over the past few weeks. Haven't changed anything in my diet. The only thing I did was stop the medrol and estrace after our transfer didn't work three or four weeks aqo. Anyone else experience weight gain weeks after the transfer? We did a ...

I had laser acupuncture done and felt really, really relaxed after it. We were charged $200 for the one treatment. We didn't get a positive pregnancy result but I thought that it was nice to have since I felt apprehensive before the transfer.

11 sounds like a lot to me. I'd be happy with that. = )

I was taking estradiol for awhile I think before the retrieval. Can't say that it worked brilliantly.

Now I'm just afraid - what if I run out of eggs for the next cycle or two? Aren't we just born with a set number of eggs?

Our first IVF cycle, I only made 7 eggs (3 of which were able to be transferred - negative result in the end). During our second IVF cycle, I transferred to another clinic and was given their most aggressive protocol and ended up making only 3 eggs (1 of which was able to be transferred - negative ...

I'm 39 and have gone through 4 miscarriaqes and 2 IVF cycles (negative results). We can't start another cycle until next year when I transfer over to my husband's insurance. We depleted mine for IVF already. I'm just wondering if we should try to conceive naturally to see what happens. I am ...

Just hanging in there. Thanks for your support. Trying not to panic as my 40th birthday is approaching next year.

So our second IVF cycle didn't work out and we are going to try again next year. Can't do another cycle this year because we've depleted my health insurance for it, so need to switch to my husband's health insurance next year. I am turning 40 next year and starting to panic and hear the clock ...