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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP - I did one cycle of egg retrieval at Shady Grove last summer - can’t comment on cost as my work benefits / insurance picked up most of the bill. But I will say there shouldn’t really be a huge surprise in the number of eggs they’re able to retrieve, from my experience. Each monitoring appt included a transvaginal US where they count and measure the follicles to see which ones are getting to the right size, and then they trigger you once as many of those follicles get into ideal size range. So I knew going into retrieval an expected range of eggs we’d get - in fact we ended up getting more than expected, which I think helps with expectations. Did your clinic not do this?[/quote]

Washington Fertility did this. Going in, at first they saw about 12 follicles. The day before going in to the surgery, they saw 8 follicles. They retrieved 4 eggs. They said that there were several follicles that were empty. I think it's called the empty follicle syndrome. The incidence of this syndrome has been estimated at 0.6–7.0%. I feel pretty down about this, not sure why my body like this...

I have been taking supplements (Ovarian Bloom+ and Peak Prenatal from Molecular Fertility) and trying to sleep earlier because I was often sleeping after midnight. If I get 4 eggs again, I have 8 eggs in total so that's a nightmare if I can't afford any more cycles.

Glad to hear Shady Grove does remote monitoring, though.[/quote]

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