Only 9 this time and anxious

jordan · Post by **jordan** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 2:32 pm

Had ET (IVF #2)today and from 17 good possibilities thay only managed to retrieve 9 eggs. There were another 10 follicles but they said they were small. Last time at IVF I had 17 eggs taken and 13 fertilised. I'm concerned that I wont have very many to play around with as I did before. 11 embryos were frozen from my first go but only 4 survived the thaw. Anyone else had similar experiences. I did drop from 150iu per day to 100iu of Puregon. Hoping to hear from someone, Jordan.

SueL · Post by **SueL** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 7:36 pm

Hi Jordan Just had to respond to you! Congratulations on your 9 eggs Like you I'm on IVF #2 and I had ET today!!!!! I had EC on Friday and to be honest I was a little downheartened. First IVF (April) - 23 follicles, 17 eggs, 11 fertilised, 2 transferred and 4 frozen! Drugs were gonal F 150iu for 7 days then 4 days of alternate 75 and 150 and then 3 days coasted! Chemical Pregnancy. First Frozen (July) - 4 frosties, 3 survived (1 wasn't very good though), another chemical pregnancy!! This IVF - thought I had 20 follicles turned out only 15 were big enough and only 10 contained eggs. GUTTED! However........ 7 fertilised, 6 at 6 cell, 1 at 7 cell and 1 at 8 cell which is exactly what happened last time!!!!!! So this time we had better fertilisation and dividing rates! Drugs this time were gonal f 7 days at alternate 150 and 75. 4 days at 75 and 3 days coasted.. I was concerned there wouldn't be enough but turns out my worries were unfounded, so I hope that yours are toooo. Good Luck Love Sue xx

Julie Martin · Post by **Julie Martin** » Mon Oct 07, 2002 7:40 pm

Hi Jordon, I've only had one IVF attempt , managed to produced 5 eggs so 9 is good, it shows you are responding to treatment. Are you having time off work and does anybody in work know? Hope everything goes ok,let me know how you are doing. Take care Julie M

fiona_lk · Post by **fiona_lk** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 1:13 pm

Hi Jordan, I have never been able to produce many eggs - 6 is my best even on the maximum 450iu dose for most of the FSH part of the cycle but, the advice I have been given many times is that 'less is more'. In other words, if you have less eggs, they can potentially be of much better quality. I have not yet been successful (currently on 2ww of 2nd ICSI cycle) but very hopeful it will happen some day. Hope you will join us on Oct 2ww thread and I'm assuming good luck tomorrow for embryo transfer providing you have at least 1 which fertilised - remember you only need the 1. Fiona