Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 09:20     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry, OP - do you have PCOS? This was my experience too…it becomes a numbers game, bc our eggs are so meh! Good luck to you - fwiw I only had 2 normal embryos after two retrieval cycles, but my first transfer worked


Thanks for the positive encouragement. Yes, PCOS and only recently on metformin. My RE team doesn't believe in treating PCOS to improve egg quality, sadly.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 09:08     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
I’m sorry, OP - do you have PCOS? This was my experience too…it becomes a numbers game, bc our eggs are so meh! Good luck to you - fwiw I only had 2 normal embryos after two retrieval cycles, but my first transfer worked
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 09:02     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm just so defeated, angry, you name it. I doubled the embryos from my last retrieval and, once again, got only 1 normal embryo. WTF. I hate this process. I started with over 30 eggs and got 1 embryo. FML.


I totally get how you feel. We're about the same age but I have DOR. I did 8 rounds of egg retrievals, 3 FETs. More details below. I was told by my RE that getting 1 normal at my age is good.

ER #1 - 1 blastocyst, PGT abnormal
ER #2 - 1 blastocyst, PGT normal. FET resulted in BPN
ER #3 - 3 blastocyst, 1 PGT normal. FET resulted in BFP and my baby
ER #4 - 7 - either no eggs, didn't fertilize or didn't make it to day 3
ER #8 - added HGH; 3 blastocyst (only 2 tested the last 1 was graded CC), 1 PGT normal. FET resulted in chemical



I'm sorry that we're both going through this. I hesitate to do more ERs because I always end up high risk of OHSS and this last round I had "mild" which was being super sick for a week.
Anonymous
Post 02/09/2024 08:27     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:I'm just so defeated, angry, you name it. I doubled the embryos from my last retrieval and, once again, got only 1 normal embryo. WTF. I hate this process. I started with over 30 eggs and got 1 embryo. FML.


I totally get how you feel. We're about the same age but I have DOR. I did 8 rounds of egg retrievals, 3 FETs. More details below. I was told by my RE that getting 1 normal at my age is good.

ER #1 - 1 blastocyst, PGT abnormal
ER #2 - 1 blastocyst, PGT normal. FET resulted in BPN
ER #3 - 3 blastocyst, 1 PGT normal. FET resulted in BFP and my baby
ER #4 - 7 - either no eggs, didn't fertilize or didn't make it to day 3
ER #8 - added HGH; 3 blastocyst (only 2 tested the last 1 was graded CC), 1 PGT normal. FET resulted in chemical

Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 20:49     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How old are you? At 40+, that’s within the range of normal.


38


Do you have DOrR?


No - the opposite - PCOS. I had 30 eggs in retrieval and 7 made it to day 6 and only 1 was normal

My moron RE thinks PCOS is a good thing so refused to treat it. Only a few months ago I saw a specialist that was willing to treat it (I was turned down by 5 physicians before that)
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 20:27     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How old are you? At 40+, that’s within the range of normal.


38


Do you have DOrR?
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 20:26     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
I did 6 retrievals at 37-38. Got a toal of 4 normal embryos. Two failed transfers and then the third one took. He’s sleeping in the next room.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:38     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:I did Ivf 4 times. The last time all eggs died but one. That last one was implanted. I now have an 11 year old. It only takes one.


Well on top of this I also have recurrent pregnancy loss of late first trimester / early second trimester normal babies. So the odds are super stacked against me. It's been 4 years since I was able to carry a baby to term.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:33     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:100% of my embryos were abnormal over 4 cycles between ages 32-34. I know it doesn't feel this way now, but being able to make a normal embryo every cycle at 38 is better than it could be.


Sorry PP
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:25     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
I did Ivf 4 times. The last time all eggs died but one. That last one was implanted. I now have an 11 year old. It only takes one.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:23     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
100% of my embryos were abnormal over 4 cycles between ages 32-34. I know it doesn't feel this way now, but being able to make a normal embryo every cycle at 38 is better than it could be.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:20     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
Anonymous wrote:How old are you? At 40+, that’s within the range of normal.


38
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:18     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
How old are you? At 40+, that’s within the range of normal.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:17     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
I’m so sorry. Having fertility issues is so, so hard.
Anonymous
Post 02/08/2024 18:13     Subject: 85% of my embryos were abnormal
I'm just so defeated, angry, you name it. I doubled the embryos from my last retrieval and, once again, got only 1 normal embryo. WTF. I hate this process. I started with over 30 eggs and got 1 embryo. FML.