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DESPIRATE INFORMATION NEEDED!!!!!!!! ABOUT FOLLICLES FOR IVF

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tempi · 18/09/2007 19:12

I am having donor egg ivf (sorry! my DH and I are having donor egg ivf!)

My donor is now ready for egg retrieval in 36hrs time. The scan showed only 6 good size follicles and 7 smaller ones..........

Can anyone tell me if this is good or not?????
my dh and I are grateful to her for all that she is doing for us, but we thought she would have grown more????? as they are now saying that only 20% of IVF cycles have enough good embryos to freeze! and only 65% fertilise????

please help! any info welcome (by the way this is our 1 and only last chance of having a baby)

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Pruners · 24/09/2007 07:36

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tempi · 23/09/2007 19:24

thank you so much Dutch. You are so very kind.

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DutchOma · 23/09/2007 17:32

Oh darling and we are all praying with you. Can I link this to the prayer thread? I have been following the progress of your 'bean' although I haven't posted I have prayed.
God bless you all

nomoremagnolia · 22/09/2007 16:25

Fingers (and everything else) crossed for you

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tempi · 22/09/2007 16:21

Just to let you all know I have had a top grade embryo transferred today and of course brought home a picture of it. Embryologist said it was a lovely embryo!!!!!!

Really really praying now!

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tempi · 22/09/2007 09:04

thanks pruners!... managed to muster up some positivity! At the end of the day we have a chance.... this time last week we had nothing!

Will do my very best to stay positive and make this work...... now excuse me... me and my dh are off down to the clinic to make a baby!

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Pruners · 22/09/2007 08:20

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tempi · 21/09/2007 22:10

5 eggs.... only 1 fertilised absolutely gutted and can not stop crying

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Pruners · 21/09/2007 08:28

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tempi · 20/09/2007 22:33

gess......yes! thanks for that

thanks delgirl.

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gess · 20/09/2007 22:23

My friend had 3 follicles, 1 egg fertilised, 1 egg replaced, 1 dd 9 months later.

DelGirl · 20/09/2007 22:16

fingers crossed for you Tempi

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tempi · 20/09/2007 21:28

They got 5 eggs from my donor and she is disappointed!

They will ring me tomorrow at 11am to tell me how many have fertilised

Don't really know how I feel, a very selfish part of me wanted more eggs than this, but my donors health is the most important.

The emryologist says 50-60% usually fertilise.

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RosyBelle · 20/09/2007 12:58

Pruners

I have had 2 failed IVF cycles in the last 12 months. With the 2nd cycle I had acupuncture right the way through - including day after ET. My acupuncturist was doing 2 IVF ladies at the same time. The other lady got BFP & I got BFN
However, 2 weeks after BFN I conceived naturally & am convinced the acupuncture helped.
Am currently going through a miscarriage (I have pretty major PCOS) but am def going back to her when this is over.
Good Luck.

Pruners · 19/09/2007 22:18

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tempi · 19/09/2007 22:11

I have to say that you have all really really helped me to stay positive!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH

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suss · 19/09/2007 21:01

pruners you are just like me I produce hundreds of eggs find it v difficult to get pregnant. We were diagonosed with a male problem as they call it. But I think I have a form of polycystic ovaries ( I am ovulating). The consultant tells me that I will be fertile for longer into my forties, but that't not helpful if you can't get them to implant. Acupuncture is the key - apparently research shows it helps implantation. Good luck. Tempi you only need the right one, which is the one they will choose.

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tempi · 19/09/2007 20:03

thanks everyone I'll let you carry on

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Pruners · 19/09/2007 19:00

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Kewcumber · 19/09/2007 13:59

DS is doing fabulously thanks, can't beleive what a healthy happy little boy he is given the start he had. Speech is slow to arrive but I have to have something to worry about. There are a couple of new photos of him on my profile.

Pruners · 19/09/2007 13:52

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Kewcumber · 19/09/2007 13:49

no chinese herbs. A bit of basil with my mozarella sometimes (does that count). Sympathy is 3 years too late!!! It all seems a lifetime ago now - difficult to hold onto the pain I felt at the time when I have DS now. I imagine it's a bit like labour - you think you will never forget something so painfull and yet somehow life takes over.

Pruners · 19/09/2007 13:46

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Kewcumber · 19/09/2007 13:44

I think 35 follicales and one egg is some kind of record. The clinic were . They had to coast me by withdrawing drugs though as OHSS got potentially dangerous and the theory was that I started reabsorbing the eggs during coasting. Other cycles had good quality eggs which all fertilised but never got pregnant. No idea why.