u/Important-Tap7932

hi everyone, I am a SMBC to a 1.5 little girl conceived with donor sperm. I have been unsuccessfully trying for a second child this year. Had an FET that failed and a recent ER with 2 poor quality eggs, no blasts. I am considering trying one more round of IVF versus switching to donor eggs. I initially thought I would not consider this option, but now that I am in a place where I am facing the possibility that I may not be able to have a second child, I found that is what I am thinking about as next steps. I am pretty conflicted about what to do next. I only have one partial vial of sperm left from my daughter's donor and he is retired, so I am unable to get any additional vials.

anyone who has one genetic child and one conceived via donor eggs? would love to get others experience! I plan to be very open with my daughter about how she was conceived and would plan on the same for any future children.

hi everyone, I am a SMBC to a 1.5 little girl through donor sperm. I have been unsuccessfully trying for a second child this year. Had an FET that failed and a recent ER with 2 mature eggs, no blasts. I am considering trying one more round of IVF versus switching to donor eggs or embryos. I initially thought I would not consider this, but now that I am in a place where I am facing the possibility that I may not be able to have a second child, I found that is what I am thinking about as next steps.

i feel like egg donation would be in the best interest of my daughter and potential future child since they would be half siblings, but obviously this path is very expensive.

anyone who has one genetic child and one egg or embryo conceived? would love to get others experience! I plan to be very open with my daughter about how she was conceived and would plan on the same for any future children.

hi everyone, I am a SMBC to a 1.5 little girl through donor sperm. I have been unsuccessfully trying for a second child this year. Had an FET that failed and a recent ER with 2 mature eggs, no blasts. I am considering trying one more round of IVF versus switching to donor eggs or embryos. I initially thought I would not consider this, but now that I am in a place where I am facing the possibility that I may not be able to have a second child, I found that is what I am thinking about as next steps.

i feel like egg donation would be in the best interest of my daughter and potential future child since they would be half siblings, but obviously this path is very expensive.

anyone who has one genetic child and one egg or embryo conceived? would love to get others experience! I plan to be very open with my daughter about how she was conceived and would plan on the same for any future children.

I had my second ER today and only had 2 mature eggs retrieved. I had 4 measurable follicles a few days ago, so I was really hoping for 4 eggs. I'm pretty devastated and am trying to prepare myself that none of the eggs fertilize or make it to the blast stage. I got 6 mature eggs in 2023 and had 2 make it to blast stage (one successful fresh transfer, one failed FET, both untested). My REI recommended I do PGT-A testing on any embryos I get this time.

I know it only takes one, but can't help but feel this cycle is likely not going to have a good result.

Update: I got the call this morning that one egg fertilized

I went in for an ultrasound today and only have 5 measurable follicles. I have 4 on the left ovary that are growing well, the 1 on the right is only 9 mm so they aren't sure if it is going to catch up (it did go from 6 mm to 9 mm in two days). I have borderline DOR (AMH is 1.54), but I'm pretty disappointed in how things are going so far. I did my first ER in late 2023 and got 6 mature eggs, 4 fertilized, 2 blasts. had a successful fresh transfer and just did an FET last month that failed (clinic thinks it was an embryo issue).

I am getting pretty worried I won't even end up with even one normal embryo, or even any embryos to send off for testing. Would love to hear some success stories if anyone had similar numbers.