Still hopeful and still searching for an angel
After a few bites from PED’s, sleepless nights and turning on the computer in the middle of the night in hopes that someone has responded to our ad. We are still hopeful in making our family dreams come true. We are STILL praying our Egg donor angel finds us real soon. Thanks for listening to our story.
Hello I am 31 and my fiancé is 26, we have been together since November 2006. I was born in WA and my partner originally comes from Rarotonga beautiful Cook Islands off the Pacific Ocean. On New Year’s Eve last year we decided to get engaged, as we plan to spend the rest of our lives together. We have purchased our own home and live in it with our two Staffy dogs Molly and Digga. I have been working in the Children’s Services Industry for the past 12 years and I am the Director of a child care centre. Teaching and looking after other’s children has always been my passion, it has proven to be a very rewarding experience. My partner moved to Australia five years ago and has always worked in Civil Construction; he is a very hard working and very supportive partner for me. Truthfully we have been patiently trying for a baby to start our own family for the last few years, without any luck. We have also been patients with a Fertility Specialist since January 2010. After a few failed IVF treatments we have been recommended to use an egg donor to achieve our dreams of becoming a loving family.
We would be grateful for the gift of an egg donor, as we know it is a big ask, and that special someone, would be our 'Egg donor angel'. Preferably someone that is aged between 25-35 years old that has completed their own family.
Given that the donor is providing eggs the recipient couple covers all the donor's out-of-pocket medical and travel expenses.
All applicants will be screened and information will be strictly confidential. Please message me to express your interest. We would love to hear from that someone special to help create our family dreams!

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Hi there!

I was just reading your recent thread and thought id hijack- im baffled as to why you FS suggested donor eggs after only 3 icsi cycles? Would it be possible for you to tell me a little more about your cycles, eggs etc and what went wrong?

Im a long term ivfer, and went through the ringer to get pregnant. I did 4 full icsi cycles to fall pg with my 1st DS and believe me some other women on here have done a lot more! I never had more than 4-6 eggs each cycle and was deemed a poor responder. I ditched my first FS and clinic after the first 2 attempts and went and got a second opinion. The FS changed different ivf protocol and although I still had crap numbers my eggs were of much better quality.

So Im just intrigued really. Has your FS tried different protocols? There are so many ways you can go about IVF, for some women a down reg cycle is the way to go and for some an anatgonist cycle - and their are many more!

If you can shed a bit of light on your cycle Ill be happy to help you. I dont know if money is an issue or you've made up your mind on going down the egg donor route, but there are a lot of us ivfers on here and honestly I wouldnt be pregnant without all of them- we are a pretty knowledgable bunch!

Hello Barney34,

I am no ICSI expert but that is what our FS had recommended. Yes we did try lots of different methods nasal spray, puregon injections etc. My cycles were producing between 15-18 follicles each but when it was time for EPU the most they ever took was 4 as they were not mature enough and of very poor quality. Out of all of my cycles only one little one ever fertilised and was very slow in developing in the cell stages but they decided to transfer back any way, sadly a pregnancy was not too be.

Trust me I have thought about getting a second opinion, my FS has told me my condition is unexplainable and that she sees 1-3 women like my case a year. I have had many tests including a Laparoscopy and recently just had a blood test to determine how many eggs I had left and the quality of them.

As much as I was in denial and constantly asking myself why me? At our last visit a month ago I said to the doctor would you allow us to have another go at using my own eggs and she said yes, but only cause we would be paying. I looked at her and said, you are the doctor though and you've seen my results, what are our chances, she shook her head and said honestly I would not bother trying again. My heart obviously sank.

Trust me there is nothing more in this world than to give birth to my own baby. As for the money side, obviously we are no million airs and on top of our ICSI bills we have to travel 600kilometres to even get to our Fertility clinic, which costs about $500 each return airfare. We are a young couple that both work full time, pay taxes and are inexperienced in this hurdle we have came across. I guess we trust our doctor, and at the same time have had a hard time coping emotionally with all of this. To sum up we are just an average loving young couple that would love to raise a baby and connect as a family.

I hope this gives you a better insight to our story.

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Im going to pm you tomorrow ive had a long day and off to bed, but just wanted to know the outcome of your BT? Did it show diminished ovarian reserve?

Hello Barney34, no BT's results came back ok, still not so good quality and I still have many eggs left. The nurse coordinator did not mention diminished ovarian reserve?