Egg Collection Day- Now FET

[Aame7800]

Hey,

So a little update from me.

Stims started 22nd April, egg collection was scheduled for this Wednesday but at my appointment on Friday they decided to bring it forward to today due to my follicles responding well.

Today my partner done 2 fresh sperm samples due to the first being poor (low sperm count) they managed to retrieve 20 eggs 😲 hopefully we get some that fertilise and we have frozen sperm as a back up.

Anyhow due to the retrieval of 20 eggs and and enlarged ovaries we have been told it will be a FET in a few months to give my body time to rest as I'm now at increased risk of OHSS.

I has a little cry whilst there because at first I felt disappointed but I'm sure I should just suck it up and give my body time to heal to be at best place for the possible embryo to be transfered.

Never had a FET before (1st cycle 2018 ICSI BFP 7eggs) 2nd cycle 2021 BFN 16 eggs- heavy bleeding day of transfer) so haven't got a clue what happens but should get a call in a few days to discuss it all.

🤞🏼Keeping fingers crossed for good news from embryologist tomorrow.

xxx

[Riri88]

Hi hun, it is such a disappointment isn’t it? Been there with my first cycle and quite bad OHSS so they cancelled the fresh transfer on transfer day. I cried a lot but then looking back I did feel horrendous from the OHSS so it probably was the best action! FET’s are quite straight forward and shouldn’t hopefully be to long of a wait. Plus they are easier on your body so some clinics are preferring FET’s over fresh cycles to allow your body to be more ‘relaxed’.

I know it won’t feel like it for now but you will get there and take it easy while recovering from the egg collection and I hope you will get many good quality fertilised eggs to use for your frozen cycle!

[Aame7800 in reply to Riri88]

Thank you for your reply! It's good to get some responses of those who have been through OHSS and FET. I'm still sore today so the thought of transferring Saturday doesn't sit well with me so I think FET is the way forward. Xx

[McQueeny]

Heya. I had the same in my first cycle, they got 17 eggs so did a freeze all…. I was devastated at the time, but I do totally understand it was the right thing. Since then I did manage two fresh transfers (one that worked after 15 eggs collected, one that didn’t after 16 collected) - I’m going in for egg collection tomorrow , and as I’ve always been borderline with OHSS I’m nervously hoping to make a fresh transfer again, but know that if the advice is to freeze then it’s for a good reason…. 🤞🤞 good luck! 🍀💪

[Aame7800 in reply to McQueeny]

Thanks for your reply. It's good to know when your not the only person going through these things although it feels like you are alone.Good luck with egg collection and fingers crossed 🤞🏼 for fresh transfer. Let me know how it's goes xx

[McQueeny in reply to Aame7800]

Thank you! How are you feeling today?

We got 22 eggs! Which is a lot. But doctor said the ovaries looked quite ok, so he hasn’t ruled out a fresh transfer, he said we’ll see how I get on over the next few days and make the call on Saturday, which would be transfer day if all is well 🤞 xx

[Aame7800 in reply to McQueeny]

That's amazing egg numbers and also great your body has reacted ok to the stimulation 🙂 Let me know how it all goes.I'm doing OK, still a little sore down there and a few pains but luckily work from home so just sitting on a pillow and getting up for little walk around every now and again.

We had 17 out of the 20 eggs done by ICSI, unfortunately we only have 4 fertilised out of that overnight 😥 so hoping these 4 stay with us. 🤞🏼

Will get another call tomorrow to see how they are doing xx

[McQueeny in reply to Aame7800]

Thanks so much. Waiting for the embryology call tomorrow to see how fertilisation went…. Ah, ok. Fingers crossed for the fabulous four! 🤞 let me know how you get on xx

[MrsOrangejuice]

I had two collections and insisted on fresh transfers each time as I thought they were better. In hindsight, I was not recovered enough for them, especially the second one where I'd been in hospital between collection and transfer. They were both BFPs but didn't last past 6 weeks. I then read that FETs maybe marginally more successful than fresh and did one the month after the second early loss. It was so much easier and more natural feeling somehow and I felt ready for it. Got an early BFP on that and had a little girl from that transfer last week. It could have been chance, a progesterone issue or something else, but I would definitely want to do a FET again if I had a choice.

[Aame7800 in reply to MrsOrangejuice]

Ah congratulations on your welcoming your little girl into the world. Thank you also for replying, it helps to get other people's opinions who have been though it. We have a little girl born via ICSI in 2018 but secondary infertility doesn't have it ant easier. Although very blessed to have her xx

[Missl73]

It is disappointing when you were prepared for transfer, but my son was a FET after a freeze-all cycle so I’m glad we did it that way and gave him the best chance xx

[Aame7800 in reply to Missl73]

Thanks for your reply and making me feel more positive about it all. Freeze all is the best for me thinking about it as today I don't feel great and know deep down my body needs to recover to give it best chance of working. Congrats on your son 🙂xx

[Positivechangeplease]

I think a FET is better really especially in this case as it is important your body is ready for it, and you won’t have all those odd drugs coursing through. It is disappointing when you’ve got a plan, it took 18 months to get my positive result from a FET - way off my plan but it’s all worth it in the end. X

[Aame7800 in reply to Positivechangeplease]

Thanks for your reply. I've had time to take it all in and pretty sure they know what they are doing and all for the right reasons. Our first cycle in 2018 was BFP and we have a little girl, it all seemed to do so smoothly and naively thought it would just happen again. Xx

[Positivechangeplease in reply to Aame7800]

This way at least your body can be ready to work the way it’s supposed to- with all the chance of OHSS your hormones must be a bit out of whack. It should only be one cycle then you can start again 😄