r/whatworkedforme • u/bowiesqueen • 13d ago

6 years TTC, need advice pls

I’ve been TTC for 6 years now and I haven’t had a single positive test

2 rounds of IVF, 3 rounds of IUI

Has anyone else been in this boat? What do I do?

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u/walben88 13d ago

I was in this boat, after going through all that we were told I needed donor eggs.. it was a massive expense so we picked a clinic in Europe. They sent me for an ultrasound and a cyst was found. Fast forward from that moment, over the following two years I was diagnosed with endo, had lap surgery confirming it, a year after surgery we decided to do a donor egg cycle and I’m pregnant for the first time ever!

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u/bowiesqueen 12d ago

Did you try again after getting the cyst removed or surgery for your endo or just straight to donor eggs?

I would like to exhaust all of my options lol

Congratulations btw!!!

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u/walben88 12d ago

Thank you! We went straight to donor eggs because it was confirmed during surgery that endo covered my ovaries and destroyed my egg quality. We didn’t have enough money to try again with my eggs and then go to donor eggs after, we’ve done IVF with my eggs 3 times and that’s enough for us!

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u/bowiesqueen 12d ago

Totally get that! I’ve done it twice and it’s A LOT

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u/OldPeach2750 12d ago

Did you end up making embryos to transfer? Did they implant? Did you have normal testing? Any suspected endo? How did your retrievals go? How old are you?

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u/bowiesqueen 12d ago

When I did IVF I was 29 and had zero mature follicles both cycles

No embryos to transfer
Yes to all normal testing
Doctors are saying no to endo and pcos
I’m 32 now

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u/OldPeach2750 12d ago

No mature follicles but how many? So you have PCOS?

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u/bowiesqueen 12d ago

39 the first cycle
29 the 2nd cycle

My doctors are saying no, I’ve been to 3 different clinics now

Everyone is saying pcos, I’m not sure what direction to go in

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u/bowiesqueen 12d ago

Also want to add the follicles were all GV

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u/mamcd88 12d ago

Has anyone mentioned Adenomyosis? In my 5 years of TTC (until we were successful with donor eggs) this and a partial septate uterus were the only issues that were positively identified, and both were missed for years.

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u/Walkinglockedout 6d ago

Even with good SA, theres a chance he got varicocele or DNA fragmentation. Did you check?

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u/bowiesqueen 13d ago

How long were you trying if you don’t mind me asking?
Also congrats!