Hi.
I’m 42 (43 in a couple of months) and don’t have any known fertility issues. The simple fact is, I met my partner in my late 30s and life got in the way.
I only had three viable eggs from my egg collection. Two embryos turned out to develop abnormally, and one miracle embryo was top grade and developing nicely (4.33 out of a possible 4.44).
As I only had one viable embryo, the clinic wanted to transfer two days in, as there were no other embryos to compare at blastocyst stage, and my embryo would have more chance once implanted.
Anyway, I’m now 5dp2dt. I tested at 3dp2dt mainly just to see whether I had any hcg in my system left from the trigger shot taken 7 days earlier. The test a viable line. I knew this was probably leftover hcg, and sure enough, these last two days the line has faded to almost nothing. I was trying to be smart about it, i.e. to measure any leftover hcg, so I would know when it was fully out of my system, and to be fair, the testing has done just that… but in hindsight, it also ignited a sense of hope in me. The part of me that was hopeful that the line would get darker, rather than fade, and I’m now just very sad about it.
Has anyone had the same odds as me (or older) and had any success? I just need some positivity. We want this so much.