number of embryos

[Doodlebug23]

Just wondered how many embryos people are getting? I am used a donor who’s early 20’s but only ended up with 3 embryos. 1 fresh and 2 FETs all BFN.

Will be a new donor next time and am hoping I get more as they will transfer them all till it works.

[Here4ivfinfo]

That number sounds quite low given you used a young donor. I had one transferred today, two that are definitely going to be frozen and 11 still being nurtured in the lab for review tomorrow. I’ll be disappointed if none of the remaining 11 reach blastocyst stage as I did have 22 on day one x

[Hopewhite in reply to Here4ivfinfo]

All the best of luck for your 2ww!!

[Here4ivfinfo in reply to Hopewhite]

Thank you so much. They offered to transfer two but I said no and now I wonder if I made the right choice 😬

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Here4ivfinfo]

What number round are you? I had failed a few years ago 2 transferred own eggs. Just used all 3 from first round with donor. I’m only allowed one next time but after that I’m thinking 2 in double the chance! Not sure how I’d cope with twins as doing this in my own! But you just would I guess! X

[Here4ivfinfo in reply to Doodlebug23]

This is our very first round, our infertility is male factor. I produced 30 follicles, 22 produced mature eggs, 19 fertilised and now we have 3 (one transferred) and 11 we are waiting 24 hrs on. I just thought as it’s my first try there is no need to be messing about with 2. If this fails I might be singing a different tune! It sounds like you’ve been doing this for a long time. I hope it works out for you in the end. Xxx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Here4ivfinfo]

I’m doing this alone and due to my age I can only use a refund guarantee program using a donor. I think things and feelings change so much when you are on this journey! Hopefully you won’t need to worry about it as this will work first time. Sending baby dust! X

[Here4ivfinfo in reply to Doodlebug23]

Sending baby dust right back at you! Xx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Here4ivfinfo]

We got 13. 1 transferred fresh and only 2 suitable for freezing. X

[Hopewhite]

hi I hope you’re keeping strong ! I’m not sure what info they allow you to have from the egg donor e.g. amh levels ? My amh was 31.1 pmol/l , I’m late 30s, I got 11 eggs collected, 9 mature, 9 fertilised , 3 top rated blastocyst on day 5, all other 6 were deemed not good enough for freezing at day 6. I wish you all luck for next time, this process is hard but we can only hope that every failed attempt is a step closer to achieving our dream xx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Hopewhite]

Sounds similar to what I got last round. Just expected more as she’s younger. Might ask clinic when I speak to them x

[Boo718]

hiya we went double donor got 3 embryos. We pgta tested them and they were all abnormal. 2/3 blastocysts is average we were told xxx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Boo718]

Oh wow ok!

[Boo718 in reply to Doodlebug23]

Yeh it was a bit crap. We fully expected it to work first time but that’s not always the case. It took us 4 donor transfers to work and it would have been more if we hadn’t pgta tested them xxx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Boo718]

My next will be number 4 so fingers crossed! X

[HollyT7]

I had 27 follicles and ended up with 3 embryos x

[Doodlebug23 in reply to HollyT7]

so I guess three sounds kind of normal! I only got 32 of which were viable when I tried with my own eggs and I was a lot older. So I just expected younger donor to produce more viable. X

[HollyT7 in reply to Doodlebug23]

I think it’s just luck of the draw, everyone’s body works differently. But as the age old saying goes…it only takes one xx

[Asha82]

Hi! I got 5 embryos from my first cycle which I transferred one but none were good for freezing, second cycle I had 6 embryo's transferred one and again none for freezing but third cycle and these are all fresh cycles I got 9 fertilised, transferred 2 and got pregnant but had a silent miscarriage and 4 good quality embryo's frozen, 4 cycle was fet transferred 2 and I'm currently 8 weeks pregnant with one baby that's been confirmed viable, I still have 2 frozen embryo's in storage, also I should mention I'm 40 and using my own eggs, that sounds like a really low amount of embryo's for a young woman, I would definitely change donor, I wish you the best of luck xx

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Asha82]

it will be a new donor with this next round. That’s just a protocol of the Clinic, but I am pleased to be honest as it obviously wasn’t working last time. Congratulations X

[Asha82 in reply to Doodlebug23]

Thank you x

[ChloeDE]

Hi, we got 2x embryos from our first donor. Transferred both and one stuck but miscarried. We got 3x embryos from our second donor. Transferred x2 and have twins. We were devastated when we weren't successful with our first donor. We were expecting It to go smoothly but it all worked out in the end.

[Doodlebug23 in reply to ChloeDE]

oh wow twins congratulations! really hoping that this new donor works out for me X

[Trytryandtryagain84]

We had 10 donor eggs, I think they all thawed and 8 fertilised but in the end we only ended up with 2 blastocysts. One seems to have stuck (16weeks so far) and one is frozen. I was a bit disappointed we didn't have more to freeze given the start numbers but it is what it is. Our donor was 30yrs (we only found out age after +ve test) but she'd had 4 children of her own (which we knew) so I guess she has good eggs and it only takes one! Good luck - it does sometimes take a few rounds with donor eggs.x

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Trytryandtryagain84]

yes, I guess that’s it. It does only take one. It’s just getting that one… Congratulations. X

[Runnergirl40]

We transferred 2 embryos, double donor, 1 took but split, identical twins. Good luck x

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Runnergirl40]

that’s amazing. Congratulations. X

[scotchegg]

I'm 36, male factor infertility, used ICSI .Retrieved 15 eggs, 11 fertilised, 3 formed blastocysts. The one they used in our fresh cycle was top quality but didn't stick. The other 2 were frozen, one of which I'm now 8 weeks pregnant with 🤞

[Doodlebug23 in reply to scotchegg]

Well that does sound very similar to my experience. Apart from none of mine worked. They are telling me it’s a numbers game so keep going… I know my personal assistant at the clinic said it took her for a tent so fingers crossed. Congratulations. X

[lizzybee81]

Are you able to ask donors AMH as sounds low for her age. I didn’t have a period for 2 years following weight loss surgery. Got 13 eggs with 8 blastos. Did 1 fresh 2 transfers got our 2yo, another FET 2 transfers and got our 5mo!

Also, my close friend, donor egg and sperm, one transfer, first round and Eliza is now 18months, miracles do happen keep the faith!

[Doodlebug23 in reply to lizzybee81]

it’s lovely to hear about people success stories. And it does give me hope. But also makes me think why is it not happening for me? His next cycle will be a new donor so I will ask about her levels. sure if they will be able to tell me. But I suppose it is just an anonymous figure. They did tell me the age of the donors. Last time. I’m with them being so young, it made me really hopeful. X

[Meliana]

Sadly I think we have similar stories. I had three failed transfers with donor embryos. The first time with 7 frozen eggs I was able to get 4 blastocysts of which three were normal. All three transfers failed- the first was a chemical pregnancy with early loss and the last two were BFN. My doctor said if we went with a fresh donor we would have more chances and that cycle did not go well. Our donor was proven - had child of her own and successfully donated twice before. She had 28 eggs of which 26 were mature and 25 were fertilized day one with icsi. You can imagine my shock when my doctor told me at the end of the week that only 2 made it to blastocyst. I now have one 5 day 3AA and one 6 day 3BA. This time I didn't do pgt testing so hoping one of them works. Good luck to you! I hope we both get to have a healthy baby. When you look at statistics of donor egg IVF it seems like a sure thing, so it's so hard to have three cycles fail and still be hopeful.

[Doodlebug23 in reply to Meliana]

Yes sadly very similar. I was surprised that there were so few too. Stats look so promising. But I suppose at an 80% success rate, there’s always that 20% that doesn’t work… I have heard it said that it’s a bit of a try and try and try again numbers game… It’s lovely when you hear people have it work first time. But it also makes you think why isn’t it working for me? X