IVF Round #2

Fellow skeptics, below is an excerpt from my book concerning my feelings about whether
my second attempt at IVF would work (following five miscarriages, one failed IUI, and failure
at IVF cycle #1 - with pre-implantation genetic diagnosis - PGD - where the embryos were checked
for chromosomal abnormalities before they were implanted into the uterus). Take note of my doubts of it working:

My reproductive endocrinologist believed a donor egg IVF cycle would be our best option at this point. She informed us the clinical pregnancy rates are 60-70% per attempt with this type of IVF. However, my gung-ho plans for doing donor egg IVF were shot down when I discovered my health insurance didn’t cover donor costs, which are close to $13,000 for one cycle. The outlay of funds couldn’t be justified for the odds of success. So, I figured since I had two remaining “regular” IVF attempts covered by insurance in their entirety, I might as well take advantage of them. Based on my past fruitless attempts at childbearing, it would most likely be a waste of time, but not money.

I figured the odds of this second IVF working were as likely as:

1. Finding the Holy Grail.
2. Solving a Rubic Cube in ten minutes or less.
3. At the arcade, grasping a stuffed animal prize hovering below with the mechanical claw on the first try.
4. Hitting a home run at Wrigley Field.
5. Getting a marriage proposal from Matthew McConaghey.

This is the IVF cycle that was, in fact, successful. I guess the message here is:

Never give up hope.