u/Friday_lovesOlives16

People around me are trying to push me into seeing a counsellor. I’ve just finished my 6th round of IVF and to be honest I am really struggling.
I have spoken to a counsellor once before a few months ago and she told me (because in that moment I was very distraught and upset), that I’m the type of woman that would be high risk of post natal depression if I did become a mother.
This comment just made me feel so much worse and I hate the idea of seeing one again.
Has anyone actually found it useful? I just feel so against it right now and that it’s not going to help change my odds. I’d rather just talk to my mum and husband at home.

I had two back to back cycles in Feb and March where I took DHEA before stims but stopped once I started meds. This time my dr said I could continue taking it. I went for a scan after 8 nights of stims and all my follicles were small and only one fifth of the total number of follicles were responding. Two days later those that were responding had only grown 1mm. My previous cycles I had them grow about 4mm in 2 days. Im wondering if the DHEA has completely stalled the growth? Has anyone experienced this? My back to back cycles were very successful and I got 3 euploids (with a balanced translocation!) I’ve already made up my mind to cancel on Monday if there’s been no improvement because something just seems very wrong this time. Protocol and dose exactly the same as the past 3 cycles

I’ve taken DHEA in the lead up to my two recent cycles (Feb and March) and had excellent results (I have low AMH). I stopped taking it once I started stims. This time my dr said it doesn’t really matter and that I could keep taking it. Well went for my first scan after 8 nights of stims and I’ve got 25 follicles but they are all tiny and only 5 are actually responding. Today ( day 10) those 5 have only grown 1mm each and the remainder are still <11mm. I am on exactly the same protocol and the same dose. The only thing Thats different is the DHEA and Im so upset. Going to keep going until Monday but I know in my heart this will end with cancelling. Has this happened to anyone? Has anyone stimmed for 13 days and ended up with a decent result ?