Egg maturity

[Scout82]

I has 5 eggs on retrieval and only one was mature. Had anyone had a similar problem with egg maturity?

[BBHH1]

I think the maturity can be variable depending on when they trigger. Were the immatures, mature enough for them to finish maturation in the lab?

[Scout82 in reply to BBHH1]

I don’t think so. They only called and said that 1 was mature. Last time I had 6 eggs and 2 were mature. So I seem to have some problem with egg maturity

[BBHH1 in reply to Scout82]

It doesn’t mean you have a problem, it’s just hard for all of them to mature at the same time. So it’s a balance of not letting some get too old vs having some immature.

You should ask if they do egg maturation, or switch to a place that does it. Then you can have more useful eggs. My best embryo so far came from an immature egg that they matured in the lab.

[Scout82 in reply to BBHH1]

I didn’t know places could do egg maturation in the lab. Which lab did you go to?

[leo1980]

What protocol are you? Which drugs?

[Scout82 in reply to leo1980]

Last cycle was microdose Lupron flare. This cycle was gonal f and menopur

[Lilly12255]

I read that taking multiple doses of trigger can help.

[Scout82 in reply to Lilly12255]

Yeah so my RE did hcg + Lupron for trigger

[Lilly12255 in reply to Scout82]

You could do double dose of hcg+lupron

[PenguinBlue]

Hi, protocol plays a big part (in my experience it did). On my first cycle I had 12 eggs collected, 5 mature and 3 fertilised so a huge drop off. But for my second cycle, which was the long protocol, I had 20 eggs collected, 14 mature and 10 fertilised (of which 8 made it to blastocyst). Ask your doctor about possibly doing a different protocol if you decide to go for another round. Lots of luck to you xx