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I have always said I'd never do IVF - too much to put my body through but I would try every alternative possible before giving up. Good luck with everything and fingers crossed it only takes once!

I did IVF last September and I now have a beautiful three week old girl. It was a lot to go through but completely worth it. Good luck to you!

I would only do as much IVF as I could reasonably afford. DH and I have talked about infertility at length (my sister dealt with it) and we would be "happy" to remain child free if that was what was in our cards. I use happy loosely. Hahah.

I came down on the adoption side of things (we talked about this before getting married). I was scared of all the letdown with the infertility merry-go-round and what the treatments would do to my body. Luckily, adoption was already in our hearts which made the decision very easy for us.

I totally get the IVF route too, as I've had many friends go through it. It just wasn't for me.

Yup. My IUI was almost converted to an IVF.

I'm honestly not sure. I sincerely hope I never have to make the decision though. I think its great for couples who do go that path, just not sure its right for us.

Before we were TTC I couldn't understand why people chose to do IVF and thought it was very extreme. Infertility changed our feelings, and we ended up doing a cycle of IVF. It didn't work, but we would possibly try it one more time before giving up on TTC.

I would, absolutely. I hope it's ok I post here. I don't want to offend anyone since my journey towards IVF is very different than most of you ladies.

We are not yet TTC but when the time comes, we will be doing so via IVF. My husband and I are both carriers for beta thalessmia and through genetic testing, we found out we trend towards the most serious form of the disease should we have an affected child. Now, the odds are in our favor(75% chance of having a non-affected child) if we did TTC without IVF that our child would be ok. But we both are not prepared to cope physically and emotionally with taking that chance and having an affected child. Being thal-major used to be fatal, but its not anymore. However, it's certainly no kind of life I'd ever want for my child. I have major health issues that necessitate frequent trips to multiple specialists and I don't want that for my babies.

By going through IVF (with PGD), that risk is eliminated. I'm much more open to egg or sperm donors and adoption than my husband is. He feels strongly about having a child that is 100% biologically ours if at all possible. We've talked about it a lot and made the decision we were comfortable with. I'm sure that he'd feel the same way if we were to struggle with infertility as well.

I sincerely hope I've not overstepped by posting on an IF/IVF thread given that I don't know for sure if IF is something I'd struggle with. In my own way, I can sympathize as this was certainly not the way I ever imagined I'd bring babies into the world. If I've offended any one, please know that isn't my intention and feel free to message me. I lurk on the threads as I'm curious about the whole process and you ladies are certainly some of the strongest ladies on this board. I hope you get your BFPs.

I would...IF I had the money. Which we currently don't. But we're young so I guess over the years we would have to save.

Yes, but only because 3 rounds are fully covered (other than meds) by the provincial government. If I had to pay out-of-pocket, I'm not sure.

I can't say for sure, but I don't think we would. I share the same fears as @Running Elley: -- I'd be afraid of spending so much money on something that didn't guarantee a child. But, I haven't been in the situation so I really don't know. We did talk about it before we got married and tentatively agreed we would rather pursue adoption if we had trouble conceiving.

@PointeShoesTutus: I have thought about what I would do in that situation and I think I would do the same as you. While I would also be open to adoption, I think in this case I probably would also pursue what you are. It must have been a really hard decision to make.

@PointeShoesTutus: Whether you're dealing with infertility or not, going through IVF is really difficult (in the emotional, physical and mental sense). I have a lot of respect for your decision and I know it must not have been easy. I know when the time comes to TTC or jump straight to IVF, you will find this is a very supportive community!

I said yes, but that is dependent on budget. I would only do it if we could afford to. Which sucks that people have to make that decision Good luck with yours!!!

We did IVF (son) and are planning our FET for August. We knew when we got married that we had to do IVF to have a baby.

We always said we wouldn't. It took us 19 cycles to get pregnant with some assistance, but I always felt like *for us* IVF was forcing something that maybe just wasn't meant to be. We probably would have adopted further down the line, or just lived our lives as best we could child-free.

We ended up doing IVF after bring told we would never have biological children. It was an emotional roller coaster and we pretty much decided we'd try it once and if it didn't work out we would likely go the adoption route. Luckily IVF round one was successful and after a very tumultuous pregnancy we have a very healthy LO!

i'm a bit apprehensive of everything that comes with it (medications, injections, cost, etc) -- but i believe i would do it if we were unable to have a baby a different way. we would also be open to adoption.

Yes, without hesitation. It makes the decision for me a lot easier that my insurance covers it, but I have no issues with the idea of it and I was prepared to go this far if Clomid hadn't worked for us.