Egg Retrieval Results

[Jlko]

I am 43, doing mini ivf, and just finished my second round of egg retrieval. Ive not yet had a transfer. The first round produced 1 egg, which was fertilized, and frozen at 4cells. There was some fracturing, and so the RE said I should do a second round of egg retrieval. It was this past Monday. As of Friday there were 4 mature eggs, 2 on the left, 2 on the right, the largest most dominant one being on the right.

Monday the RE collected the 2 eggs on the left without issue (or any anesthesia) but the right side was incredibly painful so I think he abandoned the attempt since I was having so much pain.

1 egg was not mature, so they tried to culture it to maturity for a day, but it was discarded, the second, mature egg, didn't split properly, there was some fracturing, and it was frozen as a 3 cell embryo.

My question is in 2 parts. 1. Has anyone successfully had a pregnancy from eggs that didn't reach the blast stage? and 2. Is there any chance my egg quality will be better next time or should I just give up.

I find this process so difficult and so depressing in a million years this isn't where I thought Id be, or that Id be childless.

I can't afford full IVF, and Im not sure we can afford donor eggs. We might be able to do 1 more package of 3 cycles but Im wondering if I should even bother.

[Jlko]

Thank you for your comment. I will give that a try. It cant hurt I guess. Good luck to you and again, thanks for your response. Ive posted here a couple of times but I seem to see the same 3 threads responded to over and over so even posting here is a little discouraging.

[babyhope40527]

Hi Jlko,

I may not have the exact answer you are looking for, however, as a poor responder, i can understand the pain you are going through, and just want to share some info here, i was a poor responder for first 2 cycles, with 2 eggs cycle 1 and 3 eggs cycle 2, then i was suggested to use micronized DHEA 75mg per day (3 times in a day) and this is over the counter, also royal jelly 1 tablet each, maca 1 tablet each, wheat grass 1 ounce, and omega fish oil tablet 1 each day, all these are from vitamin shoppe, and you know what, i made 10 eggs in this cycle, so if you have time, you may use all above 3 to 4 months so that you may produce more and better eggs.

also my DH took zinc 1 tablet each day, and b12 1 tablet each day,

good luck dear. let us know in case of more questions.