Need advice, need support
I am 38 years old (almost 39) with diminished ovarian reserve, and my husband also has issues. We are only 10 days apart in age.
Here is a brief summary of my history.
We started IVF in September 2025 with a recommended doctor. We had one natural-cycle retrieval and collected and froze one egg. The following month we did a stimulation with Elonva and retrieved another 6 eggs. Five fertilized, and we did not get a single blastocyst. We took a one-month break and repeated the protocol. We had 5 eggs, 4 fertilized, and again no blastocysts.
We decided to change clinics. There, we started 3 months after the last retrieval. The doctor said we would change the protocol and proceed with a modified natural cycle using Letrozole. In the first cycle we retrieved 4 eggs, 3 fertilized, and we got 2 blastocysts, one of which was a high-level mosaic and the other with no chance of success.
We then did another cycle again with Letrozole, but because of a dominant follicle we retrieved only 2 eggs. Both fertilized, and one became a blastocyst. Today we received the PGT-A results for that embryo, and they frightened and devastated me. 69, XXY.
I am losing hope. Why is this happening? I know I am not young and that I have diminished ovarian reserve, but I had huge hope that the doctors would help me. Now I feel like hope is leaving me.
What is wrong with me? Why? Do I even have any chance at all?
Before, I used to feel angry. Now I feel powerless and exhausted. I can’t even imagine that anything will improve. I read statistics, I read comments, I read articles. I don’t even fit into the statistics. From just three embryos and five ovarian retrievals, nothing.
What are the chances?
Thank you for reading this.