I had my second egg collection today. They predicted around 30 but got 16! Happy with that as I guess I’m less likely to be ill. They said I still have to freeze all just in case. That’s annoying but whatever, I can deal with it. What I can’t deal with is this impending embryologist phone call in the morning to tell me how many have fertilised. I’m literally terrified. I’m so used to getting bad news I can’t even imagine this is going to be right. I can’t even be happy for my 16 eggs just expecting doom
Fear of the call : I had my second egg... - Fertility Network UK
Fear of the call
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Hello there, yes I can somewhat relate to what you are saying. Apart from the fear of a BFN, the calls about embryo progress is a stage that I am not so keen on.
I can assure you that it gets better with time and it usually ends up working out fine. Absolute disasters are rare. Chances are you will end up with a good number of embryos and if you are having a fresh transfer, the team will assess whether you should go in on day 3 for a transfer. This is unless your clinic only transfers day 5 embryos.
Just remember that 16 is a good number to start with! The numbers may dwindle but that is standard in IVF. People with a lot less go on to have babies.
Also I read somewhere that 15/16 eggs is the optimum number of eggs to collect in IVF. All the best! 🙏🏾
Hello Maryc32! Same here. I had my egg collection yesterday, got 11 eggs, but they said I am at risk of OHSS so they will freeze them all. Waiting for my call, I am terrified as well. Sending hugs🤞🤞🤞🍀🍀🍀