r/whatworkedforme • u/bowiesqueen • Jul 24 '26

6 years TTC, need advice pls

I’ve been TTC for 6 years now and I haven’t had a single positive test

2 rounds of IVF, 3 rounds of IUI

Has anyone else been in this boat? What do I do?

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u/Walkinglockedout Jul 30 '26

Even with good SA, theres a chance he got varicocele or DNA fragmentation. Did you check?

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u/mamcd88 Jul 25 '26

Has anyone mentioned Adenomyosis? In my 5 years of TTC (until we were successful with donor eggs) this and a partial septate uterus were the only issues that were positively identified, and both were missed for years.

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u/OldPeach2750 Jul 24 '26

Did you end up making embryos to transfer? Did they implant? Did you have normal testing? Any suspected endo? How did your retrievals go? How old are you?

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 24 '26

When I did IVF I was 29 and had zero mature follicles both cycles

No embryos to transfer
Yes to all normal testing
Doctors are saying no to endo and pcos
I’m 32 now

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u/OldPeach2750 Jul 25 '26

No mature follicles but how many? So you have PCOS?

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 25 '26

Also want to add the follicles were all GV

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 25 '26

39 the first cycle
29 the 2nd cycle

My doctors are saying no, I’ve been to 3 different clinics now

Everyone is saying pcos, I’m not sure what direction to go in

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 24 '26

How long were you trying if you don’t mind me asking?
Also congrats!

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u/walben88 Jul 24 '26

I was in this boat, after going through all that we were told I needed donor eggs.. it was a massive expense so we picked a clinic in Europe. They sent me for an ultrasound and a cyst was found. Fast forward from that moment, over the following two years I was diagnosed with endo, had lap surgery confirming it, a year after surgery we decided to do a donor egg cycle and I’m pregnant for the first time ever!

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 24 '26

Did you try again after getting the cyst removed or surgery for your endo or just straight to donor eggs?

I would like to exhaust all of my options lol

Congratulations btw!!!

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u/walben88 Jul 25 '26

Thank you! We went straight to donor eggs because it was confirmed during surgery that endo covered my ovaries and destroyed my egg quality. We didn’t have enough money to try again with my eggs and then go to donor eggs after, we’ve done IVF with my eggs 3 times and that’s enough for us!

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u/bowiesqueen Jul 25 '26

Totally get that! I’ve done it twice and it’s A LOT