IVF- no eggs at egg collection- has this happened to anyone else?

[Bearfacedchic]

Yesterday we had our EC after our first round of IVF. I had four mature follicles and lots of smaller ones. One of the follies was 21mm. They didn't retrieve any eggs at all and I'm quite confused as to why. The response from the consultant was that not all follicles contain eggs. My oestradial (spelling?) level was 4000 two days before which suggested there were at least 4 eggs, so where did they go? Does anyone have any ideas? Tbh the consultant seemed as mystified as we were because of the oestradial levels, but he did say (while I was quite distressed and under sedation [hmmm] that it could be that because of my BMI it might not have worked because of not being able to distribute the medication evenly. My BMI is 25.9. We have a follow-up appointment in a week and a half. If anyone can shed any light or suggest any reasons fro their own experience if be most grateful.

Also, the consultant said we'd have to wait for 6 months for round 2. We're NHS patients. Is this the norm?

Thanks in advance.

Thank you for your replies. All very useful stuff for me to think about/research before our appointment.

Naty- no I don't have any conditions that I'm aware of. Ours is make factor infertility so it could happen but chances are v v slim.

I'm so sorry for anyone who has to go through this. Infertility sucks! I've had an awful lot of downers and disappointments now though, so I'm hoping for some good news soon. Good luck to everyone going through this. Shaking my pom poms atcha.

Gah! Male not make!

Hi Bear, i ve just had the same experience as you. I ve had 8 follicle before ovitrelle and just three immature ovocites at retrival. Also two ladies included in the same group as i was had the same problem.... few imature eggs. I suppose it was a problem with the drug ovitrelle...so that i ve already contact the manufacturer for investigation. I think it is about a lack of efficency in ovitrelle. Could you tell me the batch of ovitrelle you ve used ?

Happened to me. May be the DHEA. Google "empty follicle syndrome Geoffrey sher" explains everything

I also had it happen. No idea why. I then went onto another kind of treatment (it was 13 years ago so can't remember much detail). After a couple of attempts we had DD. So, it certainly doesn't mean that you have no further hope.

Even if you were paying privately you'd need to have a couple of months between each cycle anyway (or I did back then) so waiting between cycles isn't such a bad thing. Your body, and emotions, need some recovery time.

hi , sorry i'm jumping on a very old post.

just went for scan - planned egg collection was sunday! however they said one of the follicles disappeared and they wondered if i ovulated despite suppression medication.

had a blood test to check the hormone level as now they say it might be EC tomorrow! has anyone had anything similar ? can they collect eggs without 36-48 hours trigger injection?!

i'm so confused now