How Many's TOO Many?

[Summerbda]

I've had 2 bnf's w/donor........who produced 31 eggs???
From what I've read that she was probably OVER stim.? Even my Dr. said out of the 10 blasts we ended up with, that theres probably only 2 babies in the bunch (if that)??? Dr. said "in reality our bodies are NOT ment to make 10 babies in a month....we're not dogs??"
I'm stressing because of coarse I'm trying to figure out whether //it's ME (just quit smoking) the DONOR or WHAT???
ANY info would be helpful!!!
Thanks, Summer

[alreadyblessed]

I overstimulated with both my IVF cycles. The first one in 2004, I produced 35 eggs I was implanted with 3 and have a DD. My second cycle this July, I produced 42 eggs, and was implanted with 3 I am 5wks4d pregnant. It is true that most of the eggs will not go on to fertilize and have enough cells, because they tend to be smaller in size. I disagree though about only one or two babies being in the bunch. I've overstimulated 2xs and have had 2 successful outcomes. I don't think I coincidentally got the only egg in the bunch that was good. Try not to worry so much. The more eggs she produced, the more chance you have that you will have more that fertilize and more that you can freeze. Good luck!

[Ghost]

I've had 2 bnf's w/donor........who produced 31 eggs???
From what I've read that she was probably OVER stim.? Even my Dr. said out of the 10 blasts we ended up with, that theres probably only 2 babies in the bunch (if that)??? Dr. said "in reality our bodies are NOT ment to make 10 babies in a month....we're not dogs??"
I'm stressing because of coarse I'm trying to figure out whether //it's ME (just quit smoking) the DONOR or WHAT???
ANY info would be helpful!!!
Thanks, Summer

There's no such thing as too many, but...

I don't know what clinic that is. But many/most clinics will flinch in the face of a high response, and compromise the egg quality. The most common is to coast the patient. They do these things to avoid OHSS.

It's not good for the egg cohort and it's not a good way to avoid OHSS. There are better choices. But it is the most common practice for avoiding OHSS.

Another problem arises if they trigger based on some criterion involving the lead follicle. For example, many trigger when the lead follicle reaches 17mm or 18mm. That's fine if there's only one follicle, but for a large cohort, it means the bulk of the follicles will be too small to yield a good egg. It's better to trigger based on the whole cohort than the lead follicle.

We don't play games like those and our donor recipients get pregnant in about 90% of cycles, with live birth in about 70% of cycles. We have not had significant OHSS in a donor in at least 5 years.