Back in the game of IVF

It has been a while since I have updated you. Over the past year, I’ve been dealing with a back injury, as a result of a car accident. Fertility treatments have been put on the back burner until I was able to get it under control. I am still in physical therapy twice a week, but the pain is more manageable and all of my doctors agree that getting pregnant could help the situation. So, here we are approaching IVF again. I am encouraged and excited at the same time. We are doing a lot of things differently this time. One of my recent concerns has been my FSH. At 33 years old, I was terrified when it had peaked over 15, but I know there are more factors that go into determining ovarian reserve.  As of this cycle, it was 14.9 and my RE encouraged us to move forward. Our protocol includes the following:Birth control (14 days) - doneMicrodose Lupron - AM/PM injections through retrieval DHEA - daily through retrievalDexamethasone (steroid) - nightly until HCG injectionAcupunctureStims (started Sunday, March 21 for about 10 days, depending on response) - Gonal F (225 IU) + Menopur (75 IU) AM injection; Gonal F (300 IU) PM injectionLetrozole (works like Clomid) - start Tuesday, March 23 for five daysAntibiotic - begin Sunday, March 28HCG injectionEgg Retrieval - tentatively scheduled March 30-April 2Vivelle patch - no instructions yet5-day embryo transferPIO injections + Crinone gelBetaAlthough we do not have any major male factor issues, we are considering doing ICSI in hopes of higher fertilization rates. In our last fresh cycle, we had 4 out of 8 embryos. Our first RE did not encourage it because he thought we had “decent” conventional fertilization rates. My current RE is encouraging it for higher fertilization rates. We are leaning towards doing it, and would love to have some frozen embryos, if possible. I’d love to hear your opinions on this. Again, I am encouraged and appreciate the support of all of you wonderful ladies. You are each a special part of my life and I pray you get all the desires of your heart.