First egg retrieval PGD IVF

[DaveyXo]

Hi ..

We have undergone our first egg retrieval in the first round of our PGD ivf journey.

They managed to retrieve 5 eggs.... at 26 years old this doesnt seem to be many.

I am feeling a little helpless and deflated.

I am now worried that we wont get a viable embryo that isn't perfect by the defaulting gene.

Has anyone else gone through this?

I dont even know how many follicles or eggs are a good quantity.

Thanks in advance

[Purplewitch18]

Hey hunny, you only need to worry about the quality it doesnt matter how many they get. I see people say all the time theyve got like 20 eggs then end up with 4 good ones or less. You are 26 so you should have some good eggs in there, fingers crossed for you x

[DaveyXo in reply to Purplewitch18]

Hi.

Thank you for your response. We have 3 embryos out of the 5 eggs... just hoping the all develop to day five then its on to the testing process.

Xx

[Purplewitch18 in reply to DaveyXo]

Thats great! Xx

[RhinoCat]

Just take each step as it comes. The egg numbers game pickled my head as I had read 8-12 average numbers .

I got 5.

Some people get loads and they aren’t mature etc etc etc . Just listen to your own statistics because that’s what is true for you 😘 every person is unique that’s why they say ‘average’ etc , age , levels etc all impact outcome so just see your results as ‘ah, that’s what MY body does’.

Hopefully this settles your head a bit.

It is what it is 🤷🏼‍♀️😘😘😘👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻💐💐💐💐💐💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

This journey is so intense 🧘🏼‍♀️

Hugs and understanding

Rhinocat x 😘💐

[DaveyXo in reply to RhinoCat]

Hi.

Thank you for your response. We have 3 embryos out of the 5 eggs... just hoping the all develop to day five then its on to the testing process.

It's such an intense and emotional process all of the hormones dont help..

If we get any viable embryos for testing we have another 2 month wait after that for the results on whether they have my condition.

Xx

[RhinoCat in reply to DaveyXo]

Great count so far 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💖💖💖 hope the rest goes well. Can they find out which embryo carries CMT1A etc? Nervous times 😘

[alockie]

A few friends of mine were in the same shoes, and IVF PGS NGS worked for them. A good sign for you, stay positive! I keep my fingers crossed x

[Bridj99]

Has anyone ‘older’ had or having PGD???

[Jols in reply to Bridj99]

Yes I had it at 40 and 41 yo, it is worth it. In both cases they didnt implant but not for chromosomal issues.

[Klsb2110]

How long does it say it takes for PGD testing to be done??

[Jols in reply to Klsb2110]

It takes up to a month