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Hope for over 40s with ICSI IVF

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Hi everyone. I have always read the posts on here as I find them extremely informative but have never posted. So this is my 1st post. I just wanted to share my journey thus far and give women in their 40s who are trying to conceive a little.hope. I am 45 years old and my husband is 40. We have been ttc for 2 years. I conceived naturally in sept 2020 but ended in a missed miscarriage. We have been trying ever since and no luck..so we decided to go down the IVF route and chose create fertility in St Paul's in London. Our treatment the clinic recommended was ICSI mild/modified cycle which started straight away and after some fertility tests we came to learn that my husband sperm had low morphology. Only at 1% ..minimum should be at least 4%. Which probably explained why it had taken us so long to conceive naturally. All my tests were fine other than me having a low ovarian reserve but this is expected due to my age. I took all the stims and I managed to have 2 follicles ready for egg collection. 2 eggs were retrieved where only one fertilised successfully. So you can imagine how slim our chances were of success. I had a fresh transfer and thank god everything is fine so far. My egg quality was graded as grade 1 which I was really pleased about this is probably due to all the vitamins I took 2 months before to help produce healthy eggs and it paid off. I am now in my 2ww and everything seems to be fine so far. I know it's too early to say but we only had 1 attempt to nail this as we went private and could only afford 1 cycle. I want to wish everyone the best of luck and babydust to all. I never imagined I had any hope with just one egg at my age but it is possible. As they say you only need 1!! Good luck to you all. xx

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Nrmh02

Hey Ninni01

Wishing you all the love and baby dust also. We all deserve it eh

How far into your tww are you? Im currently 7 days myself.

Xx

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ICSIbaby1 in reply toNrmh02

Hi Nrmh02,

I'm only 2 days into my 2ww. 26th July is when I go for my pregnancy test. Good luck to you.

Wishing you the best of luck, we transferred on Monday so a few days into our 2ww now xx

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Awwww you transfered 2 days before I did. Keep us posted.. fingers crossed for you. x

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Fertilityjourney

Wishing you lots of luck from a fellow over 40's IVF lady! Xx

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Fairy999

All the best dear. Moreover, i have learned through this platform that first time you may get less eggs but try again n u can hav more than 8 eggs roughly. And its the quality that counts.So take good care of yourself n happy baby dust.

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Bluelady-sing

Well done you are 45

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Bluelady-sing

What is the clinical like? What supplements and how much did you take

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ICSIbaby1 in reply toBluelady-sing

Hi bluelady-sing. Extremely happy with the clinic so far. Everyone so nice and friendly and very helpful. I took my normal pre conception seven seas but I also took 5 htp, inositol, vit D3, coq 10, fish oil 2 months before my treatment was due to start. Normally they say you should start your supplements 3 months before.aby treatment. I just hope and pray I get my bfp in 2 weeks time. Finger crossed for everyone who are on the same position..XX

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Bluelady-sing in reply toICSIbaby1

How much cq20?

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ICSIbaby1 in reply toBluelady-sing

I was taking 600mg a day. 1 tablet in morning and one in the evening. x

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Bluelady-sing in reply toICSIbaby1

I am taking 100mgs I got day 21 bloods of 55, more might definitely increase this number and quality

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Future1000

Wishing you lots of luck!! Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞

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Sea_tan

Wish you the best for your test on 26th July.

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PinkPanther1234

Good luck! 🤞 x

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Aquarius_hope

That’s so exciting!!!

Sending you heaps of baby dust xx and keeping all my fingers and toes crossed for you 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

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HemBella

Good luck Ninni. I'm 42 and in my TWW too. Keeping everything crossed for you xx

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AuroraXen

Wishing you so much luck xx

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Daughterofaking

Here us Wishing you all the best and congratulations in advance. xx

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JoyfulStar

All the best for the 2WW and will have you in my thoughts and prayers. I know miracles happen! 🙏🏾🌈

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