First cycle & ovulation before egg collection!

[DLZ321]

Hello! This is my first post on here, and having just (almost) completed my first IVF cycle yesterday, I wanted to find out if anyone else has got to the day of extraction to be told they have already ovulated? I was taken into the room for extraction but told they wanted to scan me first as they had concerns from blood tests taken on Friday that ovulation was near/may have happened (I had been told to take ibuprofen 3 times a day from Friday evening). I am 33 with a very egg count - AMH level (3.4). Scans initially showed two follicles from stims - one optimum size and one around 14mm that they were hoping would catch up by egg collection day. Unfortunately the bigger follicle could not be found yesterday - I was told I had ovulated. The smaller follicle (16mm) was being blocked by a vessel so he didn’t want to go ahead with that either. Obviously super disappointed.

The feedback on the day was to ‘go home and have sex’ - so my question is.. does trying to conceive naturally after all the injections increase your chances of getting pregnant naturally compared to trying pre injections?

[JA-fnuk Partner Nurse Fertility Network UK]

Every thing is just right- so as clinic says have sex as there is always a chance you might be lucky and conceive Seems a same to not take advantage of all your hard work doing the injections

Look after yourself

Janet-Partner

[Coffeeone]

yes it happens! I was at risk as my egg collection time was delayed, and I could hear the woman next door anxiously saying she’d had 3 previous failed egg collections due to early ovulation.

But yes you might get lucky the natural way as there is an egg or 2 available for fertilisation!

if you’re having another round your consultant might change the trigger or book you in earlier for egg collection

Good luck

[DLZ321 in reply to Coffeeone]

Wow, for it to happen three times must be so frustrating! I’d really like to think that isn’t common. But yeah, since posting this we had a follow up consultation and I got the impression they would be booking me in for an earlier egg collection (as well as lowering my dose for the next cycle). I was actually meant to start yesterday but have now had to skip a month because day 2 scan showed one of my follicles from last cycle is still there … such a waiting game!

[Keepondreaming]

Hi I am 32 with also this very low AMH level and only three follicles. We have just had a cancelled ivf cycle. They didn’t give us this advice but I guess there no harm in trying! Happy to chat if you want to message me xx

[DLZ321 in reply to Keepondreaming]

Thanks that’s really kind - I’m finding this platform so comforting because I don’t really know anyone going through IVF with a low egg count. Which clinic are you with? X

[Keepondreaming in reply to DLZ321]

I have sent you a message x