hi, I had my 4th egg collection yesterday. The clinic managed to collect 4 eggs. This is a drop off from previous cycles in which we collected 7 eggs. The clinic have called this morning to say that 3 of these eggs were mature and injected with a sperm using ICSI but that none of them are showing signs of fertilisation.
They are going to leave them in culture for a further 24 hours but have said not to get my hopes up about getting any embryos.
I’m devastated, after 4 rounds, two of which ended in miscarriage I’m so tired of this IVF rollercoaster. I need a bit of hope. Does anyone have any experience of their eggs taking a bit longer to show signs of fertilisation? And that leading to pregnancy? Or should I just accept that when they check things tomorrow there will still be no signs of fertilisation.
Sending love to everyone else going through this.
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I'm sorry to hear this happened, I know how devastating it can be. I haven't heard of eggs being left a further 24 hours to see if they fertilize but fingers crossed something happens xx
No experience to add, but just wanted to send big virtual hugs. This process sucks so much and in so many different ways.
Please plan something nice for yourself for tomorrow and the weekend. It doesn't change the outcome, of course, but you are still an important and whole person, and you need some looking after too. Stims takes so much. xx
Thank you 🙏 It’s been a crappy day but I am always so encouraged by how others going through this process are willing to take time out of their days to reply to posts like this 😘
I’m really sorry it’s such a tough process. I had the same reduction in EC numbers that you describe, I went from 7 then 9, then 3. And from the 3 only 1 fertilised normally but it was enough to become my son.
So I just wanted to say, please don’t give up. It is a horrid roller coaster and I was absolutely at my wits end when I dropped to 3 collected. I never thought it would work until it did.
If there is bad news and no progress, the review consultation should give you some answers. I’m sorry it’s such a rough time, fingers crossed you get some progress and fertilisation may just be slower. If your username is your date of birth then you are quite a bit younger than me and have better chances than I did, so hang in there, I hope you get some good news xx
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to this post. It’s just really comforting to know that success is still possible even when it looks like chances are dropping 🥰
hello! I have had egg collections with total fertilisation failures so you are not alone - I was 40 at my last egg collection and only got 4 eggs - surprisingly 4 eggs fertilised made it to day 5 and were PGT-A tested and frozen. BUT previous cycles were a nightmare… had cycles cancelled as I didn’t respond to medication and cycles were there was TFF. We kept going even though it was hard. We never had them kept for an extra 24 hours to see if they would fertilise. So not sure about this but to answer your question yes I had some disastrous cycles but got a baby in the end. And you will too - don’t give up hope. I am sure you have got this but have your thyroid checked, iron and vitamin d levels too. On my successful cycles, I took monthly b12 (I am a vegetarian) and vitamin d injections. Best of luck
I'm so sorry to hear you are going through this. It happened to us at Christmas and it just sucks. We are having ivf treatment in Spain. Just over 2 weeks ago I got my fallopian tubes removed here in Northern Ireland. Before the surgery I was telling my consultant about 0 eggs fertilising in our last round and he asked if the clinic did rescue ICSI. I didn't even know this was a thing. But to the best of my knowledge it is where the embryos are reinjected to try to rescue them. I didn't even know this was an option but it might be worth asking your clinic if they do this / can they do this.
Thinking of you today. Just read through some of the lovely comments and totally agree - please try to do something nice for yourself over the next few days. You have been through so much with the stims along. Sending a big hug xxx
I don't have much advice, I just want to say you are not alone, I've been where you are and it sux. In my following round after that disastrous cycle, I ended up with 75% fertilisation (using mechanical egg activation with zymot) and two blasts. So dont lose hope, take some time for yourself, you've been through a lot xx
Sorry to hear this. I once had a call from my consultant after they'd thawed two embryos to tell me not to get my hopes up. He didn't think they would make it overnight as they weren't showing signs of developing. The next morning, to our astonishment, one had 'died' and the other one had developed and grown more cells, so we did have something to put back. This was a total surprise. Weirdly that was the first embryo I got pregnant with (although for us it ended in a chemical pregnancy).
just jumping back on here to say thank you to everyone who took the time to respond to my post. The clinic called again on Wednesday and confirmed that none of these eggs had fertilised. I’m still coming to terms with it but the support and all your personal stories have really helped. ❤️❤️
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