Anyone have success stories from just 2 fertilised eggs?

[Lebe14]

So I had my first EC on Friday. I have low ovarian reserve, no male factor. Managed to collect 4 eggs (we were hoping for 4-6) and got the call today to say that 2 had been fertilised through ICSI, the other two weren't mature. Usually ICSI is used for male factor but because my ovarian reserve is low, my consultant wanted to give us maximum opportunity. It's now a loonnng wait until Wednesday when I'll hear whether either have reached day 5 blastocyst stage.

I'm feeling quite anxious about the 2 eggs and really hoping we'll get 1 blastocyst. Has anyone else been in the same position and what was the outcome? It's our first cycle but I was put on the highest dose of Bemfola.

Also - would ICSI have guaranteed fertilisation for the 2 mature eggs or could that have still failed if the eggs weren't good quality?

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Hello. I have a lower AMH than normal for my age. We did ICSI too.

On our first EC, we had 4 eggs collected, with one which turned out to be “empty”, two immature and one which fertilised. The one that did fertilise they thought might be an abnormal fertilisation but it kept growing and we did PGT-A testing and it turned out ok. I’m now 7 weeks pregnant with that embryo.

We did two further ECs before transfer and got lots more eggs (14 and 9). However, we’ve always only ended up with one euploid embryo at the end of the cycle. I think we just have to remember it only takes one!

ICSI can fail for mature eggs.

The waiting is the worst part. Sending you all the best wishes for it x

Thank you @amyg1985 - that's amazing news. And massive congrats on your BFP. So interesting to hear that even on the cycles you had more eggs, it was still just the 1. I think it's a mental thing that one feels like there's less chances when you have less to begin with. I just hope we get 1 good embryo out of the cycle.

That's useful to know about ICSI too.

Thank you so much xxx

It’s a real emotional rollercoaster. I found the cycles where we had a lot of eggs initially but then numbers kept dropping off a lot harder emotionally.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you x

@Lebe14 - I remember how nerve wrecking the waiting was. it might sound silly but I wrote a letter to my eggs/ embryos. Wished them good luck and expressed how much i want to meet them. Otherwise I was driving myself crazy so having written a letter somehow made me feel at ease a bit.

I had 8 eggs, 3 immature, 1 empty, 1 abnormal fertilisation so ended up with 3 frozen. just waiting for my period now to be able to go ahead with transfer.

handhold and good luck. happy to chat and support you in this 🌺

@amyg1985 I totally get that - I've never thought of it that way before. I guess one naturally feels there will be more chances with more eggs, so it's more disappointing when you get a higher % drop off x

@CoCoaButter85 that's amazing you have 3 Frosties - congrats. And I love that letter to the embryo / egg idea - so sweet. I did notice that on the piece of paper I wrote down the numbers when the embryologist called today my husband has put 2 'X's and a heart, bless him. I honestly do feel like the fertilised eggs are something of both of us - although they might not turn into a future human, they are something.... I wish you all the very best for your transfer - bring on your period!! x

Sending you all the positivity, the waiting is the worst part.

I had 3 ECs, 1st 2 eggs, 1 fertilised, 1 made it to blast, 2nd 3 eggs, 2 fertilised, 1 made it to blast, 3rd 2 eggs, both made it blast.

Wishing you all the best ❤️✨️

Thanks for sharing @SPR40. Just shows that even with little eggs at the start, there is still a chance one will get to blastocyst stage. Realllly hope we get 1....!!! Will definitely be gutted if we don't as will feel like wasted effort. But I'll just need to remind myself that it isn't actually wasted effort as the cycle will help our consultant plan for the next one with some knowledge of how my body will react. Wednesday can't come soon enough x

2 eggs. 1 embryo. 1 bfp who is now 8- it can happen. Good luck!

Amazing @Ilikeviognier - thank you for sharing 🧡