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[quote=Anonymous]First Ill state I am older, 42 but with good reserve numbers.  I am in the middle of one last OE retrieval cycle and am underwhelmed by the results.

On day 2 I had 9 follicles. I went back on day 9 after 5 days of stims, still 9 follicles of those 1 was measurable (ie growing). I went back yesterday on day 11 now there were 8 follicles of those 3 were measurable. Throughout this time my estrogen level has been rising steadily, although less sharply than previous cycles.

This is the first time through many IVF cycles where the number of follicles has failed to increase and even worse to decrease.  In previous cycles the number of measurable follicles I have at this point is = to the number of eggs retrieved. (I think because even if the other follicles start to grow they wont be ready at the same time as the lead ones).

I think we should consider cancelling this cycle. A recent ERA showed that my blasts need to be put back on day 6, not day 5.  If there are only 3 eggs I think the chance of anything growing out to blast is slim.

As far as I can tell my clinic doesnt see anything wrong bc my estrogen level keeps rising appropriately but since this cycle started I only have had contact with revolving cast of nurses bc "my nurse" is out on family business.

I feel like I am suffering from what do you expect at your age but I think its not really worth it to continue with such a poor prognosis.

For context: my ERA cycle that began in mid-august showed baseline follicles of 15 which grew to 23 the next week. This month's follicle count is low and I think my body's reaction to the protocol lackluster. In Feb and April I did 2 retrievals which yielded 13 and 14 eggs respectively.

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