16 eggs to 2 embryos - any success stories out there? + Questions to ask?

[Minniemouse88]

Hi all, Hope you are all doing well.

I know many of you will have been through the inevitable drop off in numbers from collection to day 5, but it came as a shock today. We had 16 eggs, only 6 fertilized, 5 made it to day 3 (3 good grade, 2 average )and then initially told 1 made a blastocyst today then a call 2 hours later to say another had grown quickly into another freezable blastocyst.

I'm a bit shaken as last time we went 7 to 5 blastocysts. I am so very grateful we have embryos - I know things could be a lot worse, but feel ever so defeated, especially as it is our final funded round.

Any advice from you lovely people would be gratefully received xxx

[Kate-92]

hello, I had 17 eggs collected & ended up with 2 blastocysts, both 4AA - I am currently 35 wks pregnant with the one we transferred x I too was shocked by the drops at each stage as with the initial number of 17 I thought we were guaranteed more than 2. We had a high abnormal fertilisation rate, so one to transfer and one to freeze was what I had hoped for from the call the day after collection 🤞🏼🙏🏼 x sending love for the transfer & lots of positive vibes x

[Minniemouse88 in reply to Kate-92]

Thank you, so pleased for you and hope you are doing well. It's nice to hear some positive stories at these times. Wishing you all the best x

[neonpg]

Hi, no advice I'm afraid but I just wanted to send some compassion your way cos I know how it feels-it sucks! On my first round I had 15 eggs, 13 fertilised and only 2 blasts. On my second round I had 9 eggs, 7 fertilised and only 1 ungradeable early blast. It's so, so hard when you get a good amount of eggs and then your embryos dwindle to practically nothing. I've been assured that this is a normal and expected consequence of IVF. There's so much that comes down to luck. All I would say is that two embryos still means two chances, so don't write off those little embabies yet. Wishing that your luck turns around!

[Minniemouse88 in reply to neonpg]

Thank you, I won't write them off! I think after the miscarriage a few months ago the bad news just felt like another blow, but I will keep hoping. Sending love xx

[Millbanks]

Hi lovely, this is a pretty normal drop off I think.

We had 18 eggs on our first cycle and ended up with 2 decent quality embryos and 2 fairly poor. I too was shocked by the drop off!

Xx

[Minniemouse88]

Thank you, think it's just the old problem of comparing with our first cycle and all the tension waiting for the call that got to me today xx

[Myshh]

Hi I had 16 eggs collected 5 were fertilized but only 2made it to day 5 one 5AA other 6AA. They recommended to not to test and do fresh transfer. Currently 23 weeks pregnant .