Experiences with

Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

I'm due to start IVF tomorrow and we've been asked whether we consent to ICSI. My partner is dead against it as he thinks the risk of male infertility in the child is too much of a risk. I'm not sure why he thinks this though as there's not much research from what I've seen.

I’m so devastating , I regret I didn’t use ICSI instead but lab told me even ICSI can’t avoid this, any advice? Thank you!

There was some confusion about whether to proceed with ICSI or IVF after I questioned the initial recommendation for ICSI. It turned out that my consultant had misunderstood me from the beginning regarding the duration of our TTC.

Why could they possibly recommend ICSI and how would we benefit from it if there is no male factor involved? Thank you so much

We have paid for Icsi now at another clinic and I am honestly petrified. really need Hope :-( due to start end November

Hi, I just went through our first ICSI attempt and unfortunately only 1 egg has been retrieved and after ICSI there was no sign of fertilisation. I have low AMH (I am 36 years old and my AMH is 1.2) and my partner has male factor as well.

Hi, I just went through our first ICSI attempt and unfortunately only 1 egg has been retrieved and after ICSI there was no sign of fertilisation. I have low AMH (I am 36 years old and my AMH is 1.2) and my partner has male factor as well.

Hi, I just went through our first ICSI attempt and unfortunately only 1 egg has been retrieved and after ICSI there was no sign of fertilisation. I have low AMH (I am 36 years old and my AMH is 1.2) and my partner has male factor as well.

Any good experience using macs instead regular icsi? I have seen success stories with imsi and other with macs, which it is quite confusing!

I know I'm so lucky to be going through another round of ICSI but so far I've had 3 failed IUI and 2 failed ICSI rounds (2 transfers). I'm finding it difficult to think this round will be any different than before.

Does anyone have any experience of using their own frozen eggs for ICSI? I’m 34 and have a high afc & hormone levels are good, but we are having ivf due to severe male factor.

Hey, I am writing this on behalf of my sister as she is on the fence about starting IVF via ICSI. She has had an appointment and the doctor has told her about the many side effects this treatment can have on herself and the baby if the treatment is successful.

Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if anyone has had experience of doing this before icsi and whether it resulted in a high number of good quality embryos? I'd like to hear the both good and bad please. Thank you xx

We’re doing ICSI and his numbers aren’t great, all below range besides morphology. Do we cancel everything or does anyone have a similar experience and can share. Many thanks xx

Our consultant then suggested ICSI which we did and had 1 egg fertilised and resulted in a positive pregnancy. Unfortunately I had MMC at 5.5 weeks. We then tried 2 further rounds of ICSI with 4 follicles being collected each time but no fertilisation.

Hi all after a turbulent year with my 3rd icsi round being negative and our 4th attempt ending in an ectopic pregnancy I just wanted to say thank you to all the lovely ladies on here who’ve given personal insights and support that have helped get me through this difficult journey and to say happy new

Instead we opted to have picsi instead of icsi which we had in our first cycle which didn't give us good fertilisation rates. So far picsi have given us a better outcome. Does anyone have any success stories with picsi treatment?

previously had 10 eggs fertilise with ICSI and one embryo, so he’s suggesting this to try and optimise the conversion to blastocyst. Any advice welcome!

Hello everyone, I hope you are all ok. Since the egg retrieval on Thursday I am struggling mentally as on 9 eggs, 6 have been fertilised but at day 3 on Sunday they told us they are all developping in an abdormal way so we will probably dont have any transfer… I didnt anticipate this to happen on all

Can't believe that im having to look at IVF :( 4 yrs TTC male factor issues 4.5 mil sperm count 1% morphology :( Are the chances with icsi low for these levels? what countries abroad are the best ?! are there ivf holidays available which provides accomodation etc all covered in one?