Success with ivf 39 plus

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Is there any ladies who can share ivf success stories aged 39 and above. How was your journey and did you use PGS or not. All experiences I would be grateful to hear.

It is positive to read this. I’m 39, have an 8 yr old DD conceived naturally, been TTC 5 years now. Just about got the cash together for one round, and so apprehensive about trying. My BMI is way too high and am trying to shift weight, but also have a super stressful job nd indent that I comfort eat. Not sure all of this equates to a healthy lifestyle. 🤔

I just turned 39. I had IVF at the age of 38 which ended with 3 embryos, I had 2 transfers which both sadly ended up in miscarriage at around 6 weeks .I want to go ahead with my last embryo as last chance ,does anyone have any success stories with IVF at 39 after 2consecutive miscarriages please?

Hi Op, I just wanted to share my story as well. I underwent a fresh IVF cycle in Feb this year with a sperm donor. I have one blocked fallopian tube, but my AMH was high and I had good ovarian reserve. I was extremely lucky in that I responded well to the medication and managed to end up with 12 high/good embryos. I genuinely expected the treatment to fail, and it's hard to know why it sometimes works. In terms of supplements, I took folic acid and vitamin D. I had one 5AA blastocyst embryo transferred and am currently 15 weeks pregnant.

I really wish IVF could offer more of a guarantee to people rather than it being a gamble and pot luck often.

Good luck!

Stumbled across this post - would be great to hear how everyone is getting on? I’m 37 starting ivf next month after 2 miscarriages. Hope everyone is doing well xx

Currently breastfeeding my 8 week old conceived from an embryo created when I was 44. It was bloody hard but then there is a world of difference between 37 and 44;. 37 really isn't old in IVF terms! Best of luck x

thanks @Janefx40 i have suspected endo and low AMH and AFC which has come to light after two miscarriages - one being MMC so am really worried now. Did you have this or i imagine you may have been average for age? Did you PTGA test? I am thinking about DE as just feel so sad about my situation. Trying to hang on to glimmers of hope but i am finding it all so sad and i feel desperate. xx

@LAURAPAX I'm so sorry you feel so low. Infertility, baby loss and IVF are really traumatic and we often don't give ourselves the space to process the pain because we are so focused on the end goal. Would your clinic offer counselling? It helped me although I only did the odd session.

My hormones (FSH/lh/oestrogen/progesterone) were pretty good for my age. My AMH was low because I was 44 when my DS was collected tho average possibly for that age. To be honest I didn't test it again after age 43 so no idea what it was when we actually created DS which was 18 months later in the end. My AFC was also pretty low.

I wouldn't put too much store by AMH to be honest. We used to think it was the key stat for IVF but I've been on these boards and other forums for years now and no longer pay too much attention to it. AFC in my experience is a bit more relevant but it really fluctuates and even that isn't a great indicator of how many eggs you'll get. I had an AFC of about 2 and 3 and in egg collections mostly got about 6 eggs but once I got 12!

Also at 37/38 even if you get very few eggs the quality is likely to be relatively good. A fair proportion should be normal chromosomally. At 44 something like 5% are normal.

Yes we did embryo banking and testing in the end to rule out one cause of failed transfers although this is controversial and not everyone thinks that is the best approach.

Happy to chat whenever x

@LAURAPAX oh and DE is a great way to go. I know it feels like a huge and possibly sad decision at the time but once you've got your head around it, it is amazing. I have a few friends with DE kids and honestly by the time they were pregnant (or before even by the time they had created the embryos) they didn't feel any differently towards the DE baby than they did to OE babies.

We didn't do DE in the end but I found it comforting to know that I could have a great chance of another baby if we went that way...it wasn't going to be 50% my genetics (although some does pass to the baby in utero) but I could still have my baby and that relieved a lot of emotional pressure.