My journey to have a child has been filled with many highs and lows. I am 43yrs old. We have been trying to have a child for the past 5 years. Every test has been done with the result being "undetermined infertility". At first we started with measuring my basal body temperature (95). We moved on to Clomid and insemination (96). Then after letting go of hope a surprise pregnancy happened, but resulted in a miscarriage (98). Finally we tried a cycle of Humegon which failed (99). My doctor told me our only hope was donor eggs. We decide to let go again. But the past few months I have been consumed with the question: "Did I leave any stones unturned?" We decided to have another consultation and the recommendation was to increase and change the medications we were using to a lab based product (not a urine based one). This time we are also going to try IVF. So here we go again. I ask myself: "Are you out of your mind?" My chances are so low but my husband keeps reassuring me that 5-7% is better than 0. We will have a teaching session in September 99 and we will begin our cycle the next month. Any words of encouragement would be greatly appreciated. We might even consider donor eggs if this attempt fails.

Ruth