My name is Julie. I am 35 and DH is 37. I had both tubes removed due to ectopic PG. We decided to go for IVF. During our 1st cycle I used a nasal suppression and Fertinex HP. At retrieval time they only gathered 4 eggs. I was very depressed and even more depressed when they told me that 3 of my eggs were too mature to fertilize. The only chance I had was if the one egg fertilized. I came home and dragged myself around for 24 hours until I found out that my one egg had fertilized. I had a whopping 5% chance of PG. We planned my transfer for 2 days later. Three days after retrieval I went to the clinic and saw my little 8-cell wonder. I got quite choked up thinking that this one little embie would never implant and that made me very sad. I went through the transfer very calmly. I was talking to the RE about treatment options for my April cycle during the transfer. I Asked how we could raise my response and improve my odds. He would not even discuss it with me. DH kept saying "It only takes one." Yeah right, some women make 20 eggs and I couldn't understand why I wasn't able to. I Went through the transfer, stayed laying down for 30 minutes and got up and went on with my day. Of course, I began obsessing, counting the days, minutes, hours. Has it had time to implant?...Was it still growing?...Was there really even a chance? I started doing HPTs about 6DPT. The day before I was suppose to have my beta I had a pain in my side and went to the RE. He did an US and told me to come back the following week for my PG test. He then gave me another shot of HCG. Now I couldn't even do a reliable HPT for another week!! I had sore, swollen breasts, heartburn and wanted to sleep all the time. I managed to chalk my symptoms up to the Progesterone I was on. On day 14dpt I did a HPT and it was +. I called the RE and told him that either I was PG or I had the flu. He told me to come in and they did a PG test and sure enough it was +. The RE kinda glowed and said you only had a 5% chance. I was too busy crying to even think about thanking him. This is the story of my miracle. I share it in the hope that it will give other women hope who are going through a poor response or poor outcome with retrieval or fertilization. It truly only took one. Good luck to you all and my prayers are with you.