How much easier is it doing a second IVF cycle after you have had one IVF baby ?

This is a guest post from an expert patient whom I respect. I asked her - How much easier is it doing a second IVF cycle after you have had one IVF baby ? This is her reply. Before I answer that question, I feel like I need to tell you about my infertility story.  I went through many infertility test and procedures, including 3 IUI and 6 IVF cycles, before accepting that most likely my eggs would never be of good enough quality to result in a healthy baby.  Coming to this conclusion was a process of elimination.  I always responded well to the medication, and produced a good number of eggs and embryos for a woman in her thirties.  But after the sixth failed IVF cycle, we felt that starting a family was more important than passing along my genes, so we made the very big decision to try IVF using donor eggs.  After much searching on the Internet, our research led us to Dr. Malpani's infertility clinic.  A couple of years ago, we travelled from Europe to Mumbai where I underwent my first IVF cycle using donor eggs.  This was my first time at the Malpani Clinic or even in India so I had no idea what to expect.  I had a lot of hope that this would be a successful cycle, but I also felt that there was a significant chance it could fail.   Since I never had any medical proof that my eggs were of bad quality, I thought that there was still a chance that our infertility problems might be caused by something else, and regardless o...
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