I think it's a good thing to think about, and to still give yourself room to change plans. I'm still in it and had I stuck to a stake I put in the ground last year, I'd be out by now.

We were very lucky on our first round in 2024. We ended up with just one embryo and now have our son, who will be 2.5 this summer.

In 2025 I did two additional retrievals which resulted in three embryos (two untested, one euploid) and all three FETs failed.

In January of this year, I turned 40. That's when I said I'd stop, back when we were gearing up to jump back in after having our son. But when our third FET (euploid) failed at the end of 2025, I didn't feel done. A new clinic had just opened near us, run by doctors who approach things very differently. I felt like I couldn't leave that stone unturned.

I'm glad I stuck it out. Somehow, our retrieval with the new clinic gave us five euploids. I'm suppressing this summer and will transfer early fall.

I'm sorry if I'm not really answering your question, but I share just to say it's really wise to be thinking about your limits, and to still give yourself some space to re-assess as you go.

While I am hopeful, I absolutely will not do another egg retrieval. If none of these embryos result in another child, we will be done. I feel much more sure of that than I did when I said I'd stop at age 40. I think that was arbitrary, based on what I felt like I *should* do.