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Egg Collection

110 replies

Abi47 · 15/10/2021 10:39

Any top tips. Nervous but excited. May only be 4 to collect, hoping smaller ones catch up and grow over weekend. How big is too big?? Lead is 23mm already.

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Holskey · 20/10/2021 22:25

So many ups and downs in that story @tulipsandsnow! You must be exhausted with it all. 4 blasts is a great number! Fingers crossed its all worth it when you get those results 🤞

Coops0406 · 21/10/2021 07:44

Hi, hope you don't mind me hopping on. I just had egg collection yesterday. Having had a failed cycle in June where there were 4 follicles of size and only 2 eggs collected, this time at the scan on Monday there were 5 follicles at the right size and 5 just under but they wouldn't wait for them to catch up as the good ones may have ended up over mature! (I was gutted as was on maximum dose of stims and only got 1 more decent size follicle).

Then egg collection yesterday and they got 17 eggs, in all honesty I have no idea where from!! I know there will be a big drop off as I'm sure plenty will be under mature so nervously waiting for today's call 😬

@Keyu 5 fertilised is great and I'm sure more than you think will get to day 5 🤞🏾🥰

@Abi47 I had 2 last time and 1 made it to day 5 so stay positive. I know it's hard but they do always say it just takes 1 special one to make it 🤞🏾

@tulipsandsnow what a rollercoaster! 4 out of 6 is bloody brilliant! Hope all goes well with the testing. Do you know how long it takes for results? If we get more than 2 day 5 blasts, I have asked for a fresh transfer but for the others to be pgta tested then frozen.

@Holskey I hope your FET went well on Monday! When do you test?

Holskey · 21/10/2021 08:16

@Coops0406 wow 17! A similar thing happened to me where more than double were collected. A lot of them were mature which was the most surprising thing, so I'm really hoping you get a similar surprise. I guess you'll get the call soon! Please update us.

OTD is 11dp5dt but I'll probably start testing 7dp5dt. Period would be due 8dp5dt and, if it fails, I don't want that to be the first I hear about it.

Coops0406 · 21/10/2021 08:32

@Holskey I hope so 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾I think they'll call after 10am today.
So that will be early next week? I hope you are managing to keep busy and that you get positive news 🥰

Abi47 · 21/10/2021 09:57

Just waiting on day 3 update. One option next time would be to still do short protocol but increase dose of meds. Not sure how that might alter outcome!!! Not sure how that could lead to more mature eggs, but will give anything a go. What a rollercoaster this is! x

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Holskey · 21/10/2021 11:17

[quote Coops0406]@Holskey I hope so 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾I think they'll call after 10am today.
So that will be early next week? I hope you are managing to keep busy and that you get positive news 🥰 [/quote]
Thank you 😊

Have you heard yet?

Holskey · 21/10/2021 11:19

@Abi47

Just waiting on day 3 update. One option next time would be to still do short protocol but increase dose of meds. Not sure how that might alter outcome!!! Not sure how that could lead to more mature eggs, but will give anything a go. What a rollercoaster this is! x
Hoping your day 3 update is positive news 🤞
Coops0406 · 21/10/2021 16:11

@Holskey they rang to say all 17 were mature and 8 fertilised 😍 so so happy. They said they were still going to watch the others to see if they fertilise but it's probably unlikely. Will next hear on Saturday with a day 3 update.

@Abi47 hope you had a good update today 🤞🏾

EmJay19 · 21/10/2021 16:41

Hi everyone good to hear what’s going on with others. @Abi47 it can really vary from cycle to cycle and it only takes one so don’t give up hope!

I'm had my collection today which has gone really well considering where we were 6 weeks ago.

Last time I got 0! Seriously thought it might be game over. This time I only has one mature follicle each side but they still managed to get 5 eggs today so I am over the moon! A long way to go still obviously and waiting for a call in the morning to see what’s what.

@tulipsandsnow I feel for you! You’d almost have been better off not knowing, there can be too much information sometimes!

Got my fingers crossed for you all xxxx

Keyu · 21/10/2021 18:09

@Coops0406 happy for you too, what an outcome.

@EmJay19 so happy for you. Fingers crossed for all of us.

I got my day 3 call today, and still got 5 embryos- grade 1. If I end with 2 blasts I would be grateful, but fingers crossed for more.

Holskey · 21/10/2021 18:49

Oh wow, so much good news here to add to @tulipsandsnow's good result! Congratulations @ Coops0406, @keyu, @emjay19.

@abi47, really hope your news was good.

Keeping my fingers crossed for lovely blasts for those still waiting!

Coops0406 · 21/10/2021 19:18

@EmJay19 great news! It's amazing the difference in the last scan to EC can have! Wishing you the best for your update tomorrow

@Keyu thank you, such a massive change from the last cycle. Day 3 sounds very positive for you, I hope the 2 days fly by 😊

@Holskey how are you feeling? Are you managing to not think about it and keep busy?

Abi47 · 21/10/2021 19:56

All going ok so far! Good luck everyone xx

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Holskey · 21/10/2021 20:31

@Coops0406 I'm obsessed. Can't stop thinking about it. I'm just on the Internet all day looking at ivf/fet related stuff. That's probably how I ended up talking about it on an 'egg collection' thread! 😂

Coops0406 · 22/10/2021 06:13

@Holskey I can imagine!! My whole last cycle I had zero symptoms so nothing to look up, whereas this time I'm constantly searching! Yesterday was all about drop off rates! Glad I am back in work today so no time to scroll! Lol

@Abi47 great news, hope it all continues 😊

EmJay19 · 22/10/2021 09:42

Thank you everybody!
@Coops0406 great news for you too!

They just called and three of the six eggs they collected have fertilised. It was 4 but one has degenerated in the disk. So chuffed! We’re looking at a day 3 transfer Sunday but they’ll call on the morning to confirm.

So happy right now!

Holskey · 22/10/2021 10:48

Congratulations @EmJay19! Wishing the best for Sunday 🤞

I'm glad yours are still going strong @Abi47 (I missed your post yesterday!)

Coops0406 · 23/10/2021 13:14

@EmJay19 that's great news!! Wishing you all the best for your transfer tomorrow 😍

We heard from the embryologist and the 8 embryos are doing well...7 are good quality and 1 is average so they hope the will all make it to Monday 🤞🏾

Hope everyone is doing okay

tulipsandsnow · 23/10/2021 15:09

@Holskey
Thank you! I'll update here with results of course...what I'm really worried about now is that I keep having low expectations, then let myself get my hopes up, then come down again. So even though 4 blasts is objectively good in theory, since I know they could all be non-euploid, I'm just mostly terrified until I find out otherwise!
Good luck on your FET from Monday, are you on any of the Oct/Nov IVF or FET threads?

@Coops0406
Welcome- wow, 17 after only seeing 10 is quite a difference!
And amazing that 7 still in the game on day 3, did they say how many cells each one was?

Re: results, they said it would take up to 14 days, from what I gather it could also be a bit faster but they don't make any promises. Frankly its torture not knowing the exact day will find out, because I don't want to be driving/at work anything like that when I et the call in case its bad news. That's a great plan with testing any extra you have.

@Abi47
Short protocol seems to lead to increased quality in some women, so maybe that's why would want switch? I think today was your 5, any update?

@EmJay19
That sounds so hard to have gotten zero last time! Congrats on getting 5 this time that must have been a great surprise! Good luck with your transfer tomorrow hopefully!

I know what you mean about better off not knowing, I suppose if I'd only gotten the day 5 afternoon update and not the morning one I'd not have had to go through the devastation that i did from the morning's phone call quite to the same degree, as by afternoon they were fair and fair/poor rather than both poor which is a massive difference! I would have still been disappointed but not devastated. But saying that, there's simply no way i I could wait to get news at any stage, I want to know everything I can with my personality, because the not knowing leads to even more stress. IF I'd not gotten any update day 5 in the morning, I'd have been sitting there panicking until afternoon that there were ZERO blasts...

@Keyu
Congrats thats great progress!

Abi47 · 23/10/2021 15:22

Not good news, so roll on cycles 2 and 3. Will stay on short but up meds. Not sure whether having month off will help or whether to start straight away. My new fear is xmas closure of clinic getting in the way. Good luck everyone xxx

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Coops0406 · 23/10/2021 15:44

@tulipsandsnow it's a complete shock to us after such a disastrous first round. I still am not wanting to believe it for fear of a big disappointment but trying to remain positive. No, they don't really tell you much where I am, I see people with proper gradings but I think mine just say good, average or poor on day 3 then day 5 they grade 1-10. Last time we got one embryo from only 2 eggs collected, it made it to day 5 and they graded it 6 (10 being the best) and it didn't stick.
I can imagine the torture...this whole ivf journey is constant waiting to hear news! I hope the time passes fast and your results come back positive 😊

@Abi47 so sorry to hear. I hope you're doing okay and look after yourself. Did you have a baseline scan on your first round? I was never offered it on my first round but I asked for it on my second and they saw a cyst (from the ivf) which was taking up room where follicles could grow so waited until the next month. The difference in the follicle count between the months was almost double once the cyst had gone. And they also doubled the stims up to the max 450 for this round as they said my follicles are very stubborn. Another thing they did differently which may be of interest to you is they did one less day of stims...my 2 eggs on my first round came from follicles that were 24mm and 20mm and they thought the eggs they got may have been over mature, they wanted them between 16-19mm on the last scan.
Sorry for the info overload but your first round seems so similar to mine. I suppose the main thing for your next round is to question everything they are thinking of doing as sometimes they don't explain fully without you probing. Wishing you all the best for your next round 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾

Holskey · 23/10/2021 16:23

I'm so sorry @Abi47 Flowers Hopefully your clinic have learnt some useful things from this cycle to help on your next. I hope you find comfort in stories from others who've had very different results from different cycles.

@tulipsandsnow thank you 😊 I'm on one of those threads but only one other person is currently waiting after a FET on the thread I'm on, so not very active.
I know you don't want to get your hopes up. There are so many steps and if you have to experience the lows, you might as well celebrate the successes along the way!

@Coops0406 Glad all is still going well! Keeping my fingers crossed for you 🤞

Abi47 · 23/10/2021 17:51

Yes am not disheartened and am glad I'm lucky enough to be able to have a couple more tries. It's all trial and error so am glad there are other drugs and regimes to try with. Thanks for all the kind messages. They really help xxxx

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Keyu · 23/10/2021 17:53

@Abi47 I agree, there's always options. Wish you the best.

EmJay19 · 23/10/2021 20:36

@Abi47 thinking of you! Hope you get a bit better luck next time xxx