Failed ICSI all eggs degenerated

[lauraec1]

Hi

We have just had our first round of ivf which has ended so disappointingly. All responses to meds were great (buserelin and gonal f) all labs normal nothing out of the ordinary. Trigger shot - ovitrelle. Egg collection - we got 15 eggs and all medical staff were thrilled. We had opted for ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) and we got a call on the day of egg collection to say none survives. All degenerated. We had a meeting yesterday and they have no idea why. No answers and I feel robbed as we didn't really get a shot at our cycle as they didn't even try to fertilise the eggs.

They said they have never seen this before.

Has anyone else experienced this or have advice?

Thank you!

[Mel77]

God, that's really strange! I've happened to come across a couple of similar posts on forums but thought it happens not this often to ladies. This is hard, hun, I'm sorry. BUT having a cycle where there was complete fertilization failure does not have to be the end of your journey to conceive. Just because it happens once does not mean that it will happen again. Perhaps varying the cycle stimulation the next time will produce more mature eggs or a larger numbers of eggs. Sperm may also be better the next go-around. As for the being robbed feeling - don't know what to add, it definitely feels like that. Take care, hun, hugs x

[andylins]

I was in the same boat before. Years of TTC didn't bring us success. Well, we did make some silly decisions and tried IUI and ICSI. But these procedures turned to be helpless for us (Later we got to know about the reason). We got to know about our clinic on eggdonationfriends. They offered free consultations so we made them a go. This way we travelled to Ukraine where passed ivf with donor eggs. We are parents now and this all seems to be the thing from the past but we were sure we would come back there again definitely as we wanted more children. At the time we were undergoing treatments there was no such an option like mitochondria donation, so we turned to donor eggs. The following time we'll definitely discuss the option with our dr!! We won't miss this opportunity as it’s said that the correct work of egg mitochondria, that is their active functionality contributes to the successful conception. Consequently, if there's the issue with this activity, then it is necessary to implant healthy donor mitochondria. The mitochondrial donation program includes three main elements: #1 A donor with normal healthy mitochondria. # 2 A mother’s egg cell. # 3 Father’s sperm cell. Donor mitochondria allow the eggs of the infertile patient to work as it is necessary for successful conception. At the same time, a donor egg cell is not needed. Only mitochondria!