Good morning. Emotions are huge in this process.... I knew that it would be but not to the extent they played out. My past with endometriosis greatly affected our outlook going into IVF. After I had a laparoscopy in February of 2019 my egg reserve dropped dramatically. For my age it is considered low. Where the emotions really got to me was the initial meeting to sign consent forms and being told that not only were there signs that endometriosis was back but that we would be lucky to get 4 eggs. As you know, you need a minimum of 4 measurable eggs in order to proceed with the retrieval so I think the emotions there kicked into high gear. I was scared we would do all of this and not even be retrieving. I felt like my body had failed me, that I had possible done something wrong in this whole entire process to be dealt that hand at 32 years old. For me, I turned to my faith and prayed like crazy. What else do you do?

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