I did end up doing Fresh Cycle number 8. I didn't even post about it because I felt
kind of ridiculous doing it. It went poorly. Even on a higher dose of meds, my body
still did not respond at all like it did in the past. We ended up with only 3 blasts (so in the 4 cycles I did at SIRM, we went from 11 blasts to 7 blasts to 5 blasts to 3 blasts). I don't know if it has something to do with having done so many IVF's or just getting older. At any rate, only the eggs were being tested this time around. The retrieval was back in October and the results are still not in. Needless to say, it's highly unlikely that someone who had only 2 normal embryos out of 11 will have even one out of 3 so I haven't exactly been on the edge of my seat waiting for results.
The good news is that, ever since we got back from the miserable cycle, we've had an adoption situation going on! We hadn't even signed up with an agency yet, but our homestudy was completed and an attorney that I had spoken with several times about adoption heard that we had completed the homestudy. He called us with a situation. I spoke with the birthmother and sent her some pictures and she selected us. She's due in early Feb. It will be a closed adoption with no further contact.
I'm excited but really afraid to let myself get too carried away. She seems very confident that this decision is made, but I know that she could still change her mind last minute. DH is being more optimistic than I am. It's just hard for me to believe that, after everything we've gone through with IVF, an adoption situation could land in our lap so easily and actually happen. This will be a 5 hour plane flight and 3 hour drive for us. I'm kind of nervous about how everything will play out with booking travel last minute and buying the things we'll need.
Is it possible that we'll actually be parents in just a little over a month???
