Hi all, (I’m 32yo, 33 next month) - I have been a silent reader on here over the years while trying to conceive. We are in the depths of IVF and firstly sending enormous love to everyone going through this, what a rollercoaster!
We are in the second round and got less eggs than our first, here is a bit of context for these past two cycles (I have endometriomas on left ovary and polycystic ovaries)
1st cycle:
18 eggs - 15 mature - 11 fertilised - 4 made to blastocyst but only 1 was suitable so did a fresh transfer which ended in a chemical and got no frosties
2nd cycle:
They wanted to lower my medication due to the risk of OHSS and to try and get less follicles with better quality eggs - 12 eggs collected - 11 mature - only 5 fertilised
Now, I don’t know whether to just assume this is what they wanted all along (even though that drop off feels disappointing) in the hope we get a couple of good quality day 5’s or whether I will end up with none based off last cycles drop off after fertilisation. I’m so scared and just don’t want to waste this cycle. I’m having to do a freeze all this cycle as I did in fact have soaring oestrogen levels of over 20,000 meaning the risk of OHSS was too high, the exact thing they were trying to avoid.
Can’t help but feel a little let down and like this has been a waste, has anyone any similar stories? Should I still be hopeful we could get one or two good blastocysts from this round? Keep referencing my old cycle which I know probably isn’t helpful.
Thanks in advance. xxxx