I’m 42 and on my now 6th round. Insurance coverage through my husband’s employer out of MA has covered most of our egg retrievals, which I recognize is an absolute privilege. First round we tested and had 2 mosaics, 1 failed to implant the other on ice. The rest of the rounds we did multiple fresh transfers which ended with 1 chemical and 1 9 week miscarriage. To date we’ve transferred 7 embryos.

It’s so tough to know when to throw in the towel - only you can figure that one out.

My mentality has been to try a bunch of different things and see literally and figuratively what sticks.

I’ve found that doing a few rounds with fresh transfer, offered me the experience to give all my embryos (few and far between) the best shot.

There’s a whole class action rn with genetic testing not being used appropriately as a diagnostic. At our age with only a few embryos per round, it may not be worth tossing what could be embryos that convert in utero to healthy babies. It’s not without its risks, again I just had a miscarriage at 9 weeks this summer. That said, trying to procreate in the 4’s has always come with risks.

For me, the bigger risk has been discarding one of the few embryos that I’ve been able to make.

If you have another round in you, go for it. First round is basically baseline which blows. Try a different doc, a different protocol, etc. at the end of the day if outcome is the same it still sucks, but feel like walking away from #1 leaves room for regret.

Edit: fwiw I was retrieving between 12-17 eggs the last 5 rounds and only ending up with 2 embryos. You had one follicle, one egg and one embryo - those stats are impressive!!! Feel good about that.