Courage to try again after first failed IVF
I recently completed my first IVF cycle. Everything seemed like it was going well: 12 eggs retrieved, 9 fertilized with ICSI, 2 transferred on day 5 and 6 frozen on day 6. However, this ended in a chemical pregnancy.
I've lurked on this board for the last three weeks, looking for inspiration as I went through the process (love hearing the success stories!)...but not posting.
Now I just want to know--after you've suffered a loss, what do you do to prepare yourself emotionally to try again? We will probably not attempt a FET for a couple months, but that is fine with me. I am too scared of going through the same thing again. I want my head to be in the right place when we give it another go...what did you do to prepare after a first failed IVF attempt? Any advice appreciated.
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Me: 32, ovulatory disfunction (luteal phase defect)
DH: 38, low count, motility, and morphology
 Luna (the Bolivian street mutt, home with us from the Peace Corps)
TTC: 2 years
2/08-6/08: IUI #1-4 
8/08: IVF #1 
12 eggs, 9 fertilized with ICSI, 2 transferred on day 5, 6 snowbabies
Beta #1 6dp5dt: 2.2
Beta #2 8dp5dt: 13.7
Beta #3 10dp5dt: 21.9
Beta #4 18dp5dt: 8.95
Chemical pregnancy,  5w2d
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