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Donor produced no eggs
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I was scheduled to start synchronizing with a donor. She is 22 years old with an excellent medical history. She is not a novice and has done 8 cycles already, 7 of which had excellent results. Her last one took place 2 weeks ago. She had 25 to 30 follicles, her bloodwork looked normal, but when they went for retrieval, turns out that the follicles had no eggs in them, not a single one. I feel terrible for the couple who was ahead of me and I'm scheduled to be next. I'm trying to decide whether to go forward or not with this donor. The doctor said that there is no reason to believe that this will happen again, but cannot explain why it happened. She had always produced an average of 26 eggs so this is a first for her too. I really like her and was looking forward to doing this. The other donors I liked won't be available to match for some time, so I'm not sure what to do. Anyone heard of something like this happening to a donor, especially at such a young age?
I was scheduled to start synchronizing with a donor. She is 22 years old with an excellent medical history. She is not a novice and has done 8 cycles already, 7 of which had excellent results. Her last one took place 2 weeks ago. She had 25 to 30 follicles, her bloodwork looked normal, but when they went for retrieval, turns out that the follicles had no eggs in them, not a single one. I feel terrible for the couple who was ahead of me and I'm scheduled to be next. I'm trying to decide whether to go forward or not with this donor. The doctor said that there is no reason to believe that this will happen again, but cannot explain why it happened. She had always produced an average of 26 eggs so this is a first for her too. I really like her and was looking forward to doing this. The other donors I liked won't be available to match for some time, so I'm not sure what to do. Anyone heard of something like this happening to a donor, especially at such a young age?
Thank you for your advice, but where do you get donor embryos? Do you know how the process works? Do you get to see what the biological parents look like and get their medical history?
While I gave up on having my biological child, I still would love to carry my husband's if I could. It is hard to explain, but I would love to have a part of him in me. I don't want to give up on that yet.
While I gave up on having my biological child, I still would love to carry my husband's if I could. It is hard to explain, but I would love to have a part of him in me. I don't want to give up on that yet.
why not try donor embryos. That way you won't produce any more unwanted babies than you will use - and you don't have to fret over a donor
I'm sorry... I have NO idea about this but I can't help thinking that if the doctor is saying that there's no reason to expect this to happen next time then maybe it's worth going with. Again, sorry, but I don't know what's at risk (ie: if you lose the money you pay for the cycle etc). Granted, you lose time but if the other donors you liked aren't available anyway then isn't it worth the try.
I just can't help thinking that clearly there must have been something going on with her that cycle and whether she'd produced 1 or 50 follicles, there would have been no eggs. But what are the chances of it happening again. I know this is a really terrible analogy but I can't think of another... when you hear on the news that a plane's gone down, you almost feel better about flying because what are the chances of it happening again right away?
Told you it was a really bad analogy... but... really, what are the chances of this happening to this donor again? Maybe you could actually put that question to the doctor. My main concern would be that if he can't explain why it happened then how can he say there's no reason for it to happen again?? I'd be wanting him to explain that to me. I'm not saying he won't be able to. There might be a very logical explanation. I'd jut want it made clear.
I just can't help thinking that clearly there must have been something going on with her that cycle and whether she'd produced 1 or 50 follicles, there would have been no eggs. But what are the chances of it happening again. I know this is a really terrible analogy but I can't think of another... when you hear on the news that a plane's gone down, you almost feel better about flying because what are the chances of it happening again right away?
Told you it was a really bad analogy... but... really, what are the chances of this happening to this donor again? Maybe you could actually put that question to the doctor. My main concern would be that if he can't explain why it happened then how can he say there's no reason for it to happen again?? I'd be wanting him to explain that to me. I'm not saying he won't be able to. There might be a very logical explanation. I'd jut want it made clear.
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