DHEA and IVF

[Ovary]

hi all.  has anyone who had prior failed IVF, used DHEA after that and become pregnant.  Im almost 40 and had a failed IVF.  I've read on other forums that DHEA helps when you are aging.  Any suceess stories out there please.

thanks
Ovary

[Ritaz1964]

Well, here are my day 21 or 20 results
LH = 2
E2 = 190
Prog = 15
Testos = 1.4

I ony started taking an extra 25mg of DHEA for 2 days when bloods drawn.

Waiting for Nurse at IVF clinic to call me and give me next step details...

I just WANT TO START!!!!

Cheers to all................. Rita

[jessny]

Thank you RobstersMama.  My husband and I have decide to try one more time and then move on to DE.  I'm already 44 so I have to be realistic plus I only have one ovary.  I had the other one removed when I was 13 because of a cyst.  I do want to make sure that, like you said, did everything possible. If this doesn't work then we'll just move on.  Like you, I've been on DHEA for a while now but I didn't get my levels checked until last week.  I was just taking 75 mg a day and by the results of my blood test, that doesn't seem to be enough to elevate the DHEA-S and the testosterone. I hope we hear good news from you in about two weeks!

Thank you!

[RobstersMama]

Jessyny,

I am REALLY pulling for you with your last cycle. It is great that you are checking that everything is perfect before starting. At least you will then have a clear conscience knowing you did everything right if you don't get lucky. I think that is worth a lot with regard to this issue.

BUT let's hope you get a great result!

Pyar,

You sounds a bit down. I certainly understand that. It's hard having lazy ovaries.

I don't know what to think about that itching!

Keep us up-to-date, OK?

[RobstersMama]

Ritaz:

Exactly! :)

[jessny]

Thank you for the reply. I was taking 150 mg of DHEA every other day because I only had 50 mg pills.  I've already order 25 mg pills so they should be arriving by the end of this week. In the meantime I'm taking 100mg ultra-micronized DHEA plus 25 mg Nature's Bounty brand.  It's not micronized but I figured it's only for a few days until I receive my order. I'm not diabetic or hypoglycemic, but I will have the IGF-1 and SHBG tested next time I go.  I do have Thalessemia trait so I'm always a little anemic or just border line.  I also did a CBC count last week and it did indeed show a little low.  My plan is to keep taking 125 mg and retest in about two weeks.  I will test for:
DHEA, DHEA-S, Testosterone, Free Testosterone, CBC, IGF-1 and SHBG.  Does that sound good to you?
This is my last try so I don't want to start a cycle until I know all my levels are ok.
Thank you so much for your help and I hope things are going as planned with you.

[pyar]

i'm still here just nothing to report just waiting for my next cycle have upped my dhea from 75 to 100mg i had no side effects on 75 and now  have spotty skin starting to settle now also extremly itchy legs and arms like i want to scratch my skin off  sorry you only got 2 follies but you never know its not over till the fat lady sings i also tend only to get two on the left side also nothing on the right side i'm hoping now i'm on 100 mg and have been on dhea for a good while now it wakes something up in there fingers crossed