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My husband and I were give a 3% chance of ever having children without intervention. We tried one round of artificial insemination which was unsuccessful and then went on to IVF. Our fertility doctor was very direct and clear, the most embryos she would implant was 4, but not until I ws over 40 years old. At the time I was 37. We went through 3 rounds of IVF, getting pregnant and losing the 1st pregnancy, having no success with our second attempt and finally with the third, at age 38, I became pregnant with triplets. One of the 3 just stopped growing (much to our relief) and we became parents to fraternal twins. I spent 3 months on bedrest and we spent $60,000 dollars. It was worth the heartache and financial investment to have these babies but my husband and I were clear that the third attempt was our last, after 40 the risks were too high and we knew we didn't want a special needs baby.  

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