No viable blasts after EC last friday

[MrsDornan]

Hi,

Not sure if anyone had been in my situation. They got 17 eggs but 10 were immature. We had 2 that we’re looking promising but today we’ve been told they’re unlikely to be good enough for transfer. I’m devastated. Has anyone any advice x

[Reb990]

Hey MrsDornan,

Sorry to hear a transfer is looking unlikely 🙁.

It won’t help for this cycle but on our first round we got 18 eggs and 11 were immature so practically identical to you. We ended up with a 3 day transfer as there were only 2 actually developing any.

This cycle my consultant advised on using dual triger injection of ovitrele and burselin. We also wait until there were a few foliciles over 19mm until we triggered. This seems to have done the trick as out of 14 eggs collected 12 were mature and all fertilised.

We got a day 5 transfer which has given us our first ever BFP and 2 frozen embryos.

Try not and feel too sad which I know is hard as I was devastated first time round. Second time round I actually felt less stressed as well x

[MrsDornan in reply to Reb990]

Thank you for your words it gives me hope. I was originally supposed to dual trigger but they changed at last minute now all I can think is that was issue or they needed to give me another day before collection x

[Kcrochet]

So sorry to hear that, it must be a huge disappointment after everything you've been through. I've seen lots of ladies on here say the first round was almost like a trial run - there are so many things to adjust and you never know exactly what you might need before you've tried it, but that puts you in a much better position for next time. Sending best wishes xx

[MrsDornan in reply to Kcrochet]

Thank you. My next issue is do I move clinics as not been happy with their duty of care or to I stand my best chance staying. I wish I had a crystal ball x

[Kcrochet in reply to MrsDornan]

Ah a crystal ball would be amazing wouldn't it. Hopefully you'll be in a better position to decide about your clinic once you have your follow up appointment. Good luck xx

[Cinderella5]

Gosh Im so sorry! This happened to me in my first cycle a while back and was devastated to have gotten to that point with no transfer. Check with them if you dont transfer does it still count as a cycle. Ask to speak to your embryologist to see if they can shed any light on what has happened of if they have theories. Do they think its egg quality, sperm quality, too much drugs, age etc. Did they tigger you too early? I did go on to have better success in my future cycles although still didnt get a bfp but I was older at 38. Look after youselves, big hugs.xx

[MrsDornan in reply to Cinderella5]

Good point about if it counts as a cycle! Everything with me and my husband was very good fo it’s been the protocol length, trigger or EC too early x

[Cinderella5 in reply to MrsDornan]

Yes it does sound like you were tiggered too early as you had a lot of immature follicles however it may well be that you were going to lose your larger mature follicles. Definitely worth having a good chat with them.xx

[AJJ123]

Did you have any to implant before blast stage?

I’m annoyed I’ve got one frozen blast and I had two 2dt and 3dt which ended up being blighted ovum’s. If they were the better candidates it doesn’t fill me with much hope about what’s been frozen.

It sucks, completely crap and I know how you feel as I don’t even want my blast anymore because it’s probably a crappy one. I am not going through a blighted ovum or miscarriage ever again.

At least you are spared of that. Xx

[MrsDornan in reply to AJJ123]

My plan was to do FET so I had no option but to go with Day5 blast. Have you considered PGS on the ovum you have? X

[AJJ123 in reply to MrsDornan]

What’s that - Pgs?xx

[MrsDornan in reply to AJJ123]

It’s a form of genetic screening which checks that the chromosomes etc are all viable. Aim is to help minimise the risk of a miscarriage. They take a few cells and test them x

[AJJ123 in reply to MrsDornan]

Not sure it’s worth 2k with one blast - if they say it’s abnormal then that would completely suck. I’ve had a bit of a go at them about it, I’m really annoyed two crappy embryos transferred both abnormal. I’m only 31 so nothing wrong with my eggs xx

[MrsDornan in reply to AJJ123]

Mine were costing £500 for each one not £2k. I have Asherman’s so need to try and avoid a mmc as much as I possibly can x

[AJJ123 in reply to MrsDornan]

Oh ok hmm I will think about it. Suppose it’s better than spending £1800 on an FET for it to be a waste of time x

[AS100]

Hey I’m really sorry for your disappointment, it’s another horrible shock 😔 we had 8 fertilised eggs and no blastocysts last round. I had 1 morula transferred on day 5 which is the stage before blastocyst. It didn’t work for us but the embryologist was positive about morulas sometimes working; one lady had two transferred & now has twins. Can you ask if a morula transfer is possible? Big hugs xxx

[MrsDornan in reply to AS100]

I need to do a FET so that won’t work for me unfortunately x

[AS100 in reply to MrsDornan]

Oh no I’m really sorry 😔 is this a delayed FET after a fresh round? We’ve been told about this for future round (?), but over 2 rounds have never had any freezable options. I feel your pain! Sending you big hugs & love Xx

[MrsDornan in reply to AS100]

Yes that’s it. So sorry you’ve not been successful for freezing ..have to hold on to hope xx

[Tugsgirl]

I’m really sorry to read this. It must be very hard to get so far only to not be able to proceed to the “end” and I hope you’re able to get some answers soon xx

[MrsDornan in reply to Tugsgirl]

Thank you - yes feel cheated, stupidly worried more about the implantation part and not this x

[Tugsgirl in reply to MrsDornan]

That’s not stupid. Not at all. You weren’t to know you wouldn’t get that far xx

[LegoBatgirl]

Really sorry to hear this. Sending hugs x