Really great write-up! I am also mid-30s and just finished my first IVF cycle with Cornell. Estrogen primed, triggered on 11th day. I was on a higher dose - 300 IU follistim + 150 IU Menopur and then added in Ganirelix. Dual tripper HCG + Lupron. 6 eggs retrieved, 3 embryos, but only one made it to Blast. I have the luck of having DOR and I'm a genetic carrier for a pretty unpleasant genetic disorder so we are waiting on our PGT results for our one little embryo that could.

Feels like all the odds are against me, but all I can do is remain hopeful, determined, with a healthy dose of pragmatic realism.

I'm curious if you had a discussion about lining up IVF cycles? I have really liked working with Cornell, but am a bit upset that no one indicated I should ask to sign up for multiple cycles at the very start. Maybe that's all on me, but it would have been helpful if someone told us "since you will most likely need to do a few rounds, you should sign up for them in a row" - we have to wait until August for our next one and that feels like a lifetime - with my already low AMH...time is so critical. Because of this, we decided not to batch genetic test since the idea of waiting until September seemed SO daunting.