Hi all, I'm interested to know how soon some of you have started rounds after having failed IVF attempts? I've heard of some people who take up to 6 months in between rounds to let their bodies (and minds) get over the stress of the process, but has anyone gone straight onto a next one after a failed cycle?
I'm due to test tomorrow for our first IVF round and I'm pretty sure it's a BFN as I got my period a few days ago. So now I'm thinking about the next try. We get one more EC on the NHS so if it is better to wait a few months and increases your chance of a successful second try, I'd be fine for that. However I feel like my head is in the right zone at the moment, and we've spent years waiting and waiting for this so I just want to keep going.
Plus age isn't on my side, I'm 38 and this year my follicles are reduced. A very long story but we got referred for IVF over 2 years ago - no major medical explanation for our infertility and at that time I had a good follicle / egg supply. My husband's sperm is fine too.
But we had to delay as at the time I was on a visa in the UK, not a permanent resident (I'm originally from New Zealand, met my husband here 10 years ago and stayed). But the funding is all based on the woman so we couldn't get anything - and the usual costs go up significantly if you're not British too if you had to pay yourself. About £7,000 a round of IVF if you're going through the NHS (not private) instead of approx £3,000 for UK residents.
I've since got my Citizenship and we now have our funding, but of course 2 years has reduced my follicle supply and during our first EC we only got 5. All 5 fertilised ok, but only one became a viable Blastocyst for fresh transfer. No others developed so we couldn't get any frozen this round. And I don't think that our blastocyst has worked as I got my period a few days ago.
Sorry for my life story!
I'm really interested to know if anyone has had a failed round and what they did to help make it more successful the next time. Any medications that I should be taking to help with AMH levels? And would you recommend waiting or keeping on with the process and starting again next cycle?