When I went for my baseline ultrasound and blood work last week, I was struck by a recent change to my RE clinic. Outside of the discreet office door on the third floor was a giant display, and I mean HUGE display, of the clinics statistics. They were good, very good, which is why they are so proud to post them. Why not flaunt it if you got it, right?
The ongoing pregnancy rate, in the age range of 30-35 was 57% . That is the percentage of women under 35 who walked in the door this year, unable to get pregnant, who walked out carrying a viable pregnancy. That's more than half, heck, it's almost a third. The next age range I can't remember, and the over 40, was 24%. Nearly a quarter of the women over forty walked out with a viable pregnancy this year.
This is where I get confused. According to my RE, I'm not a 40 year old trying to get pregnant, but a 37 year old,(the age of my eggs when these embryos were created) which is why he is only transferring two embryos. Soooo....does that make me more in the 35-40 age range category (which numbers I didn't take in, naturally). Hmmm.... Well, I know which age range they'll be putting me if I should get knocked up.
My own odds are something else entirely. Since I have had my fibroid removed, I have gotten pregnant every. single. cycle. Granted, out of those 4 pregnancies only two made it out the door as viable pregnancies. But still, 4 cycles, 2 viable pregnancies...pretty good odds, right? I'm beginning to see why everyone in the clinic smiles when I walk in the door.
Then why am I feeling that this cycle isn't going to end well? *sigh*
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