Egg collection and found out we need ICSI

[WaywardGirl]

I’ve been reading posts for a couple of days.

We are on our first cycle and had our egg collection today (they got 9), however when they looked at my partner’s semen, his count was “borderline” for conventional IVF, so they advised that ICSI would have a better chance of success.

We’re a bit disappointed as we wanted an element of natural selection, but ultimately went with whatever would give us the best chance (and not leave us wondering ‘what if?’ should it not work

Now the nervous wait for the call tomorrow.....

[strong-girl]

Hey

I know exactly how u feel, I had 15 eggs and 0 fertilised so I was told after that we needed icsi. Stay calm and positive hopefully all will be well

Lots of love x

[sanchia46]

My dear IVF is not a natural Process. Plus ICSI gives a greater chance of more embryos forming. All the best.

[Sabnon]

Hi, even we had same situation but we dint had any option rather than choosing for ICSI .

I am 10+ weeks pregg now 🙂

So stay positive . Hopefully everything will be fine xx

[Lou7744]

Fingers crossed 🤞 for tomorrow xx

[Lizzielizzielizzie]

Good luck for tomorrow x

[itsworks17]

Nothing wrong with ICSI ☺️ and it’s also give you more chances to get pregnant 🤰.

I had icsi too and now 12 weeks pregnant from first cycle

Ps the collected 12 and only 2 manage to get to embryo

Good luck 😉

[WaywardGirl in reply to itsworks17]

Congratulations!

I wasn’t meaning to be down on ICSI, just feels like yet another thing that is totally out of our control....

Still waiting for the call!

[itsworks17]

☺️ thank you. Do you do acupuncture? I think it’s helps me during all this time. I also done twice on the same day of embryo transfer. Before and after. Even doctor said do not do it.

Try to be stress free.

I always had an idea. If it’s happen great. If not then try again. Specially after transfer you cannot do much anyway. ❤️

[WaywardGirl]

I’ve had the call!

Out of my 9 eggs, 7 have successfully fertilised and the other 2 are “doing something”

We’re over the moon! I know there’s still a long way to go, but we’ve decided to celebrate the highs when they happen so off out for dinner and a film tonight

[emmab178]

Icsi has a really high success rate for fertilisation. As for natural selection they prepare the sample and chose the best swimmers to inject.

We were advised to go with icsi and had 100% fertilisation rate. Heard without icsi it’s a lot less. So we were extremely happy with the icsi decision.