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We’ve just completed our first round of ivf and am feeling pretty blue.
I was petrified of doing this as am a needle-phobic and the thought of injecting so much was not exciting. But it was a whole lot easier than expected and I think it actually brought me and fiancé closer as he was the one injecting..
Anyway, we had the egg collection last Wednesday and they snaffled 17! stoked!
Then we found out 13 had fertilised - amazing!
Today we find out we have 1 blast which were freezing until after our wedding in September.
Gutted.
Is this normal? I was expecting at least 5 So massively got my hopes up.
I know I should be grateful for the 1 but I can’t help feeling crap.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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Hope you find joining the forum helpful. There are some really wonderful, supportive people here. They've really helped me through this crazy journey.
Congratulations on getting through your cycle of IVF. We had really similar numbers - 17 collected, 13 mature, 10 fertilised. From that we had one really good grade blastocyst that we had transferred and there's one in the freezer. We got a BFP with our first transfer so try not to be disappointed - it only takes one at the end of the day 😘 🥰
Wishing you all the very best for your upcoming wedding and transfer x x x
I'm not sure what is normal I'm afraid so can't comment but so pleased you have 1 still. That's all it takes and hopefully that'll all you'll need too. Have everything crossed for you and all the best for the wedding too! xx
Eeek, a wedding and a transfer to look forward to!! I know that there are statistics for what’s ‘normal’ but I’d try not to worry about it or compare yourself to other people’s figures.
I got a tonne of eggs but so far no luck, my best friend had similar figures to yours all through - her 1 and only embryo at day 5 is now the cutest toddler. Like Drives said, it really does only take 1. Wishing you all the luck, keep us updated xx
Thank you! It’s so good to hear that. I know everyone’s journey is different but it’s so hard to not get your hopes up at every stage, especially if you don’t know what to expect.
Hi Millbanks, good work on your cycle and congrats on the upcoming wedding!
It's a really tough numbers game of how few embryos make the grade, I can understand how deflating it is when you start with many and just the one lil ball of cells makes it to 5 days.
Have your clinic explained any more in terms of why they couldn't keep the others?
Wish you all the best for the transfer and a good idea to freeze and wait as sounds like you have a big month or 2 ahead!
Hi hun ,welcome to the forum. I hope to bring you some hope. I had 11 eggs collected, all fertilised, 7 developed and survived till day 3 but on our transfer day on day 5 we were told only one survived, I was happy of course because we had one to transfer but so gutted we have lost others and didn't have anything to freeze but now I am ..11 weeks pregnant with that one little fighter 💪
Good luck with everything, you did it and well done🥰🥰🥰
I had a bit less and had 12 follicles. 9 were collected 5 of those had mature eggs and all of the 5 fertilised. Only 3 survived over the first night. Only 1 survived the second night but didn’t get to blast stage. It was transferred on day 3 anyway but sadly didn’t work. I’m having second round now and they have switched my meds to see if it will improve egg quality to increase their survival rate once collected. I’m trying to feel hopeful because there are lots of success stories with only one. Best of luck with your frozen emby and your wedding.xx
Yeah it was devastating at the time because I was a bit naive thinking we’ll there can’t be anything wrong and 2 of my friends both got pregnant 1st time on IVF- so had my head in the clouds I think.
The clinic has no reasons behind why it didn’t work which I hate because I’d rather they say ‘oh this is wrong, so we’ll do this and it will be all good’ but I know in reality that isn’t the case. So they are just changing the meds and we’ll go again. We’ve gone private first time but will have to apply for NHS IVF after this should embryo 2 not pull in a win for us. Just a wait and see scenario! Xxx
I think you have to break it down by phase - 17 eggs collected is v good, means you have a good reserve and responding well. 76% fertilisation rate (assuming all 17 were mature) is also v good. How many were normal at day 3 check? 1/13 making it to good enough quality to freeze on day 5 is indeed low, it means if you may need another full stimulated round for #1 or for a sibling. Talk to the clinic to understand what’s happening post fertilisation and what they would do differently to improve these numbers next time so that you’re well informed. All the best with the wedding, try not to stress.
Thank you - that is a very good point. I'm not sure how many were normal at day 3 because they only contacted us to say that 13 had fertilised on day one, then 1 one day 5.
I am currently on meds but IVF is my next step. I was just wondering if you could talk me through it - I have read up on here - it all sounds very technical
Don't feel blue, I only had two eggs that fertilised out of 6 (which wasn't a great collection anyway) and out of these two only one survived to Day 3 so they decide to put the one remaining back in to give it the best chance possible. With us only having the one embryo to put back in and it being graded average, I had sort of written the first round off however I didn't give up hope and I'm now 20 weeks pregnant with a little girl best of luck to you on your journey xxx
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