Old eggs!

[sunnysouthpaw]

I am 40 years old, have under gone 1 IUI without success. I am getting ready to do egg retrieval tomorrow with the only 3 eggs that I was able to make on stimulation. Does anyone know what the percetage might be that they will survive? We are doing ICSI for them and my estrogen levels were 809 yesterday and expected to be over 1000 by the time they retrieve. I'm nervous this won't work.

[sunnysouthpaw]

On paper, everyting is fine. Sperm count is great but they just aren't sure of the quality of my eggs. They really felt I should have had at least 6, maybe even 10 to work with. The doctor was hesitant to even proceed with IVF and suggested another IUI, but our percentage is only 5-10% with IUI. So, we're rolling the dice to see if the 3 they retrieve survive ICSI and eventually transfer. I don't know what to think... except pray a lot! :-)

[flygirl44]

I really hope your eggs are viable!  Yep, yep...my eggs too were "old" and after 1 failed IVF, my doctor was honest and said our best bet was with donor eggs.  I'm 44 and also 6 wks preggo!  Also, I have a 22 year old daughter and didnt think it would be a problem getting pregnant...yeah right!  I'm so naive.  Anyway, I feel better with the donor egg option and don't think I have to worry about all the abnormalities that may have occured with my own eggs.

[andykk]

good luck w/ your retrieval. they really should be able to tell what is going on, though, by retrieving your eggs and really being able to look at them. sorry i don't know the % on these, i was 35 when we did IVF 2X and found out my eggs were "bad" (which was a shocker, they retrieved 18 1st time and 23 2nd time and i had a six year old!) so we opted to go the donor route...was the best decision we could ever have made, we now have a 20 month old and 6 wks preggo.
...pulling for you!!