Looking for success stories

[Livinginoz]

I’m feeling a little deflated and I’m hoping you lovely humans can share some success stories with me.

We had egg collection today. Despite having a high AMH (50.9) and PCOS they only retrieved five eggs, with two of the larger follicles being empty. For context, I’m 35 and we’re having ICSI due to male factor.

I’m so worried that the eggs won’t be mature or won’t fertilise! Does anyone have success stories where they have had a similar number? I know it only takes one but I’m worried about the drop off.

Thank you in advance!

[HollyT7]

24 follicles, 16 collected, 9 mature, 3 fertilised. 3 bfps and two little boys. It really doesn’t matter about the numbers, you’re either lucky or you aren’t, unfortunately it’s that simple. There’s people on here with higher numbers and no bfps ans those who ended up with only one collected and a bfp from it. It’s so hard but hang tight, your one step closer either way xx

[Greenleaves1 in reply to HollyT7]

Agreed!

[Livinginoz in reply to HollyT7]

Thank you so much for your reply, really appreciate it! Xx

[Brie889]

first round 6 eggs collected, 2 mature, 1 fertilised and that 1 made it to blastocyst

Second round 15 eggs collected, 9 mature, 6 fertilised 3 made it to blastocyst. 2 now in freezer.

Unfortunately first round transfer bfn and first transfer from second round bfn.

Good luck xxx

[Livinginoz in reply to Brie889]

Thank you so much for replying, sorry to hear about your bfns, are you looking to have a frozen transfer next? Sending you lots of luck! X

[PRAYINGFORTHISTOWORK]

pls try not to worry I know it’s hard but my daughter had awful numbers first round no blast, 2nd round 2 blast, she trf both and she now has 3 week old twins, as they say it only takes one .. wishing u all the best x

[Livinginoz in reply to PRAYINGFORTHISTOWORK]

Thanks for your reply and happy to hear your daughter’s success story! Xx

[Kitkat10]

try not to worry too much about the numbers. My worst egg collection was the one that brought me my son. 6 follicles, 3 eggs, 1 fertilised 💕 now my 2 year old little boy x 🍀🍀

[Livinginoz in reply to Kitkat10]

That’s a wonderful success story, thank you for sharing! Xx

[Greenleaves1]

First collection 6 eggs, 3 mature, 2 fertilised, 1 early blast.

Second collection 4 eggs, 3 mature, 3 fertilised, 1 4BB frozen blastocyst.

Hang in there, the waiting is tough xx

[Livinginoz in reply to Greenleaves1]

We’ve had three fertilise so I feel like we have similar numbers! Thanks for sharing, keeping everything crossed they keep progressing xx

[Jwatsonx]

We did Icsi due to male factor, got 5 eggs, all mature, 3 fertilised and all made it to blast, first transfer was a bfp but ended in a MMC at 9 weeks, currently pregnant with second transfer too and all going well!

Just keep the hope its all about the quality!

Xx

[Livinginoz in reply to Jwatsonx]

I’ve found out we have three fertilised so quite similar numbers, thank you so much for sharing. Really glad to hear your pregnancy is going well!

I’m keeping everything crossed! Xx

[Jwatsonx in reply to Livinginoz]

Yay congratulations on your fertilisation results, good look with your journey xx

[Livinginoz in reply to Jwatsonx]

Thank you ❤️

[HollyT7]

such good news about your fertilised numbers! ❤️

[Livinginoz in reply to HollyT7]

Thank you! Just got to wait now. Trying to stay positive and keep everything crossed! X

[Amanaa]

I don't have a success story to share with you Unfortunately with the male factor (husband has NOA) is a little tricky to compare with how many eggs have been collected. In my case there was plenty of eggs (36) but only 4 sperms found to do ICSI. 1 fertilised and made it to blastocyst and resulted in a BFN. So here we are, thinking of starting all over. Sending you positive vibes, hang in there xx

[Livinginoz in reply to Amanaa]

I’m so sorry to hear this, I thought our sperm count was low! Can’t imagine how difficult that must be. Is there any chance of sperm count improving? Wishing you luck on the next part of your journey! X

[Amanaa in reply to Livinginoz]

That's a very good question and it's exactly what we are trying to find out. Thank you, you too xx

[Redsequin]

Hi lovely. It's horrible when you have expectations during IVF and then they're suddenly dashed. I'm so sorry you're going through this.

I did two cycles (also for male factor) and the most eggs I ever got in one go was 5 (I had 4 in the first round). After hearing stories of people getting 15-20 eggs, I was devastated, but from a total of 9 eggs, we ended up with 5 reasonable-grade embryos (and one of those is my now my 16-month-old daughter!). You never know with IVF. Those 5 eggs could be good quality eggs! I hope so. Wishing you so much luck.