After two failed IVF cycles and two clinics recommending donor eggs, Sarah conceived naturally with a known donor and gave birth at 44. This page introduces that account. The full month-by-month document — supplements, tests, protocols — is available on the resources page.
IVF failed me twice.
Then a chance encounter led to a guy who became a known donor. The rest is history.
I birthed my daughter aged 44.5 with no complications. And yet during IVF treatment, I was twice advised to use a donor egg, and a Spanish clinic refused to treat me with my own eggs.
I was a solo woman who had never tried to get pregnant, so my fertility was unproven. I didn't accept diagnoses based on my age.
After numerous requests, I wrote up my 18-month path to baby. Here is a month-by-month account of everything I did in the lead-up to conceiving — the supplements, the tests, the protocols, the holistic approaches, and the things I'd do differently.
Shared for ideas, not to copy. Each path should be built around the individual and what their specific situation calls for. Not medical advice.
Eighteen months. Month by month.
The complete document is available on the resources page.
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Sarah started IVF at 43 as a solo woman, went through two failed cycles, and conceived naturally with a known donor. Her daughter was born when Sarah was 44 — after two clinics had recommended she move to donor eggs. Solo Fertility 40s exists so that the women who come next don't go in as unprepared as she did. No clinic affiliations. No commercial ties. An audience of women across 35 countries who found her because they couldn't find anyone else.