I was scared to death to do IVF, but it turned out to be a lot less traumatic than I was expecting. I found the injections were more of a nuisance than anything else. Worst part of the whole thing is the 2 week wait after you transfer your embie(s).

I did three cycles and got pregnant first try all three times. First was a fresh cycle where we transferred 2 3 day embies. One implanted and he is now 8 1/2! I did a frozen cycle and did get pregnant but miscarried early. Second fresh cycle we transferred one 6 day blast and she is now 6 (as of last week)!

My best advice is to be sure they don't over stimulate your ovaries. I know you may only have one chance here, but the last thing you need is OHSS (which I had a slight case of second fresh cycle which is why we waited till day 6 to transfer) which is really uncomfortable and could derail your whole cycle.

I got about 20 eggs each of my fresh cycles and that is a pretty reasonable number. 8 fertilized the first time, we transferred 2 and froze 3 (the other 3 didn't make it through the freeze). We had one that survived the thawing process for try #2. With the second fresh we had 5 strong embies. One we transferred and 3 made it through to freeze.

Let me know if you have questions! Good luck!

Jill