No fertilisation after 24 hours. IVF Is it game over?

[Heidi3333]

Hi ladies

It's my first time using this forum.

I am having a cycle of ivf right now. I had my eggs retrieved yesterday (only got 2) and got a report from the lab today to say that at that time (just under 24 hours from collection) neither egg had shown signs of fertilisation, however there was still a slight chance that they may fertilise.

I'm 45 and this is my 3rd (and last due to financial reasons) cycle of IVF. My other 2 cycles resulted in fertilised eggs and embryos being formed. It never really crossed my mind that my eggs wouldn't fertilise 😕.

I'm expecting the worst tomorrow when I'm due to go back to the clinic. Has this happened to anyone and what was the eventual outcome?

Thanks in advance x

Heya. I have no experience but didn't want to leave your post unanswered. Presumably the clinic knows what they're doing and if they say there's still a chance then there must be. Fingers crossed for you.

Sending you love @Heidi3333 xxxx

Thanks guys

My eggs never did fertilise so it's game over for me this cycle

So sorry @Heidi3333 😞

So sorry it didn't work out. There are no words for this kind of pain.

Thank you Marty.

Hello @Heidi3333, I'm sorry to hear what you've been through. I had a similar experience in my first IVF cycle. I had six mature eggs, but no eggs fertilised after 24 hours. The embryologist recommended another cycle with ICSI, but it is a big financial commitment and we could barely afford the first cycle. I would be grateful if you could share the advice given to you by the clinic after this outcome, please. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

Hi Fabsco, I had a follow up consultation where the Dr put my outcome down to poor egg quality. She said that I could do another ivf cycle if I wanted but I can’t afford it. I spent £7.5k on that cycle!
When I enquired about further treatment later on I was told by the same clinic that they would only treat me with donor eggs. I have opted to have a cycle of stimulated iui as it’s much cheaper and I still have a straw of sperm left at the clinic. The clinic are happy to treat me with the iui but have warned the chances of success are minimal.
I’m Sorry to hear about your failed cycle. What are you planing to do now? It’s v disappointing and upsetting.
Baby dust to you x

@Heidi3333 Thank you for sharing the discussions around your outcome with me. I can’t even being to imagine what must be to spend £7.5k and get a total fertilisation failure. Our cycle was around £5k and we could only afford it because we have been saving for months. I don’t know how we’ll be able to afford another cycle with ICSI. We’ll have our review appointment next week and I hope that they’ll give us some answers, which will help us move forward. I feel that I need some time to digest everything that happened. We might try to conceive naturally for a couple of months before committing to another IVF cycle. Thank you once again for sharing your journey with me. A lot of baby dust to you too xx

Hi fabsco.
Your review consultation will give you answers. My cycle was ICSI but just didn't work 😕. Hopefully your natural method will work for you. I'm single so don't have that option.
I was supposed to be going over to Denmark for my IUI but can't now due to the restrictions. I have found a clinic in Wales that does home insemination with donor sperm so I'm going to try that once until I can fly over to Denmark. Only thing is I can't use the same donor that created my daughter but I'd be delighted if I just got pregnant tbh!

@Heidi3333 I hope that you'll be able to go to Denmark soon for your treatment! My husband and I are tired of trying tbh but we can't lose faith. I'll get back here once I have my review appointment tomorrow and please let me know how your treatment goes.