Is it possible w/only a few eggs?

[Anonymous]

You only need one!
I had only one retrieved, and I'm nursing him right now. The odds weren't good with just one, but it can definitely work. Don't give up hope.

[Anonymous]

I had 26 eggs retrieved one cycle at age 40 and nine months. And I do not have PCOS. But 24 or those 26 eggs arrested in the dish before day five. I was devastated. Of those two survivors, only one tested genetically normal. But she was perfect--a 5AA--and she is now the most delicious toddler imaginable. Go figure.

Another cycle a few months later I had 13 eggs retrieved and was again devastated. Based on my attrition rate in the prior cycle, I figured I'd end up with nothing. But five of those 13 made it to day five and three were genetically normal. One of those "normals" is now a hungry infant keeping me awake tonight. The other two are still on ice.

My point is simply that numbers during stimulation and retrieval really don't tell you much about the end result. More is not necessarily better. And one good quality egg really is all it takes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had 26 eggs retrieved one cycle at age 40 and nine months. And I do not have PCOS. But 24 or those 26 eggs arrested in the dish before day five. I was devastated. Of those two survivors, only one tested genetically normal. But she was perfect--a 5AA--and she is now the most delicious toddler imaginable. Go figure.

Another cycle a few months later I had 13 eggs retrieved and was again devastated. Based on my attrition rate in the prior cycle, I figured I'd end up with nothing. But five of those 13 made it to day five and three were genetically normal. One of those "normals" is now a hungry infant keeping me awake tonight. The other two are still on ice.

My point is simply that numbers during stimulation and retrieval really don't tell you much about the end result. More is not necessarily better. And one good quality egg really is all it takes.

Curious - did you have the testing done at a local clinic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had 26 eggs retrieved one cycle at age 40 and nine months. And I do not have PCOS. But 24 or those 26 eggs arrested in the dish before day five. I was devastated. Of those two survivors, only one tested genetically normal. But she was perfect--a 5AA--and she is now the most delicious toddler imaginable. Go figure.

Another cycle a few months later I had 13 eggs retrieved and was again devastated. Based on my attrition rate in the prior cycle, I figured I'd end up with nothing. But five of those 13 made it to day five and three were genetically normal. One of those "normals" is now a hungry infant keeping me awake tonight. The other two are still on ice.

My point is simply that numbers during stimulation and retrieval really don't tell you much about the end result. More is not necessarily better. And one good quality egg really is all it takes.

Curious - did you have the testing done at a local clinic?

No. Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine. Worth the trip, IMO!

[Anonymous]

15:55 again. Actually, I did my treatment at CCRM, but I think at the time (a couple years ago) they were outsourcing the genetic screening to RMA of New Jersey. They now do most of it in-house.

[Anonymous]

If I had $30-35K+ to spend per cycle, I would've spent it at CCRM, too.