Is 6 eggs enough?

[LittleT123]

I had my egg collection today and feel so deflated. On my first round of IVF I got 9 eggs, 5 fertilised, 3 made it to day 5 blastocyst, 1 was transferred and nothing survived to be frozen. This time they gave me a higher dose of stims hoping to get more eggs but I only got 6, last time I got 9. This doesn’t make sense to me as I did better with lower stims. Now I’m kind of thinking that as 9 were unsuccessful we have even less chance this time with 6.

Last time we had IVF but this time we are getting ICSI because it’s male factors (slightly low mobility and motility and medium DNA fragmentation.) so I’m hoping that as they are selecting the sperms the embryo rate might be higher

It all just feels like a big lottery and there’s no way of knowing. I just know anyone I know who has had success has got pregnant first time and had embryos to freeze.

Can anyone share some positivity here please. Feel like my partner is loosing patience with me and tells me I’m being negative but as we had a failed round last time it’s hard to think positive xx

[Littlepeax]

Sorry to hear your feeling this way its horrible and I know exactly how you feel. My first egg collection they collected 19!! And 4 made it to blast. Unfortunately they didn't end in a positive. Second egg collection they collected 6 which was a huge drop for me. But as everyone says its quality over quantity and this is spot on. Out of the 6 eggs, 3 made it to blast only one less than when we got 19 and they were better quality too 🥰 I'm now 18 weeks pregnant. Keep positive 6 eggs is good, especially if the quality is better xxxx ❤️💫

[LittleT123 in reply to Littlepeax]

Thank you so much for sharing and hopefully the quality will be good xxxx congratulations on your pregnancy xxxx

[Littlepeax in reply to LittleT123]

Thank you LittleT. Here if you need to chat. ❤️💫

[HollyT7]

We had 24 follicles, 16 collected, 9 mature and only 3 fertilised. I was heartbroken thinking maybe we would end up with 24 or at least half to use, naive I know, but it’s hard not to get caught up in the numbers. Just try to keep in mind that it’s quality over quantity. We had BFP from all 3 blastocysts, our first ended in a chemical but our second has just turned two and I’m 27 weeks with the 3rd.

Remember ‘It only takes one’ and it couldn’t be more true. What’s to say you only get one again, but the one is THE one? Or you get more and each one works? Keep your mind occupied and when you start going a little crazy, recognise it and do something to take your mind off those thoughts.

All the best for your next cycle ❤️❤️

[LittleT123 in reply to HollyT7]

Thank you xxx

[DianeArnold]

Hi LittleT. I can understand your disappointment, but hopefully, they are healthy, mature eggs that will carry on and fertilise. Make sure you look after you for now so that you are good to receive a transfer in the coming days. Hope all works out. Diane

[LittleT123]

Thank you xx x

[Babysteps22]

Hi, I had 6 eggs collected, had ICSI and created 3 embryos. All frozen at day 3 as although they got 6 eggs, they were expecting many more (still don't know what happened to the rest!?) so they wanted to give me time to recover. Just had a BFP from our first frozen transfer, and the other 2 still frozen. I felt hugely disappointed after learning they'd only collected 6, but as everyone says it's quality over quantity. I'll keep everything crossed for you xx

[LittleT123]

That’s amazing news well done that you got your BFP and hopefully I will get some little embryos too xx

[Ivfgotadream]

The cycles where I got 14 eggs were unsuccessful for me yet the round that I only got 2 is the one that gave me twins. I know it’s disappointing- I used to be the same - had a sort of “target” in my mind of what I wanted to achieve but genuinely numbers don’t mean a whole lot x

[LittleT123 in reply to Ivfgotadream]

Thanks for sharing that is very reassuring xx

[Harlo86 in reply to Ivfgotadream]

Can I just say thank you for saying that!! I know this is 2 years ago but today I scanned 1 large 18mm follicle and 3 at 12-14mm.. they are keeping me on medication for 4 more days until egg collection hoping they all grow. At best we have 4 mature follicles. Not sure how many eggs. We are doing icsi too xx

[Missl73]

My son is from a cycle where I only got 4 mature eggs but all 4 fertilised and became day 5 blastocysts. I’m also 16 weeks pregnant with my second baby who also came from a cycle with only 5 mature eggs and is the only one that become a blastocyst but it took!

[LittleT123 in reply to Missl73]

Thank you this is encouraging. Congrats on your pregnancy xxx

[Harlo86 in reply to Missl73]

Can I ask what size were the 4 mature follicles? I've got 1 at 18mm and 3 more ranging 12mm, 13mm and 14mm.

[Missl73 in reply to Harlo86]

I can’t remember exactly it was so long ago, I had 8 eggs retrieved so that would have meant 8-10 follicles were around the 20mm mark but only 4 of those eggs turned out to be mature. It sounds like you need to stim for longer - I often needed more than the average. I would sacrifice the leading follicle if it meant getting the other 3 to the right size.

[Legallyblonde39]

I had 6 eggs with my second round. Used icsi instead of ivf and presently 33 weeks pregnant at 40 x

[LittleT123 in reply to Legallyblonde39]

I hope I can say the same thing in 31 weeks from now xxx thanks for sharing xx

[Legallyblonde39 in reply to LittleT123]

Thank you. Best of luck to you xx

[Albs171]

I had 6 and 4 made to blast… I think it’s all just random! So hard to predict but dr always says it’s blasts not eggs… so still a strong round x

[haylady]

Think quality over quantity. It only takes one good ‘un so try not to lose hope. Best of luck to you xx

[Zbez88]

I had 4 eggs collected, 3 fertilised and made it to day 5, one of them is now 12 weeks old and the other 2 were good enough to freeze so it's definitely a matter of quality over quantity, best of luck to you x

[Kitkat10]

Hi, it is hard to stay positive through IVF but 6 eggs is still positive. The quality is the important thing not the number. I had 7 and 9 eggs from my first two unsuccessful cycles - then third cycle - only 3 eggs - only 1 fertilised but is now my nearly 7 month old baby boy. So, you have every chance that this cycle is successful and you are younger than I was. Good luck, I know it’s excruciating, I remember the feeling well but think that you have twice the number of eggs I did. The right egg will come up x 🍀

[LittleT123]

Thank you 🙏 xx