If you had a few failures, then success, what happened when you tried for dc2?

[KatnissMellark]

We finally have our lovely DS. He's four months old and we are loving being parents. I am one of six and DH one of four and we've always wanted a big family so naturally talk has turned to the possibility of IVF again. Obviously not yet, but soon-ish, in the next year to eighteen months perhaps.

We had ICSI for male factor issues so will need it again. We had three unsuccessful rounds followed by the fourth which started as a twin pregnancy and ended with DS. We completely changed our protocol on the fourth go, and I'm hoping we've found or magic formula.

Has anyone experienced similar? What happened when you tried again? How long did you wait? I hope this isn't insensitive to those still desperately trying for number one, we are so happy and grateful for what we have and know we are very lucky.

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Hi Katniss, congratulations on your baby boy! I have a 2 year old ICSI boy as well. I can't really answer but didn't want to leave your post unanswered.

It took us 3 rounds of IVF to get our boy. It put a massive strain on my marriage and my DH was adamant that he could never do IVF again. We also wanted a big family initially so we have been ttc naturally ever since our boy was born. Obviously no success though. After lots of arguments I have finally convinced my DH to try IVF again and we already have an appointment next week for SA and bloods. I'm excited but terrified. There were a few tweaks on our 3rd round that I'm hoping was the winning formula for us and that they can repeat it but trying not to get my hopes up too much.

Have you thought about how long you would want to wait before trying it again?

Thanks cupcake and congrats on your lovely boy I really hope your treatment works out for you.

DH would like to try again ASAP. I think perhaps my final month of maternity leave would be a good time to avoid the stress of trying to fit appointments around work, but not sure if that could put a damper on my last month at home with DS. Also not sure on the impact of breastfeeding either- do you know if you have to have stopped for a certain time prior to cycling.

I'm hoping trying for number two will be easier...I know fertility issues are still a huge heartache but this time I will know that it can work, I will have DS to distract me and ultimately success/failure when trying for number one meant life taking two completely different courses-biological children Vs adoption or childlessness, which come with significant challenges-whereas trying for number two is not so extreme.