Multiple IVF failures...what now?

[L4hope]

Yay Patricia, ten eggs is great!! Fingers crossed you get a good fert report tomorrow! Hope dh is taking good care of you waiting on you hand and foot!

 

[whattheiveff]

Oneof - 10 eggs is awesome! Hoping you got some good drugs for today/tomorrow and that you get a great fert report!

 

[oneof14]

YAY! 10 eggies!! FX for a bunch of embryos! Are you having ICSI done? How are you feeling?

Thanks Mo, not sure about ICSI, my previous RE did one round with and one round without and he said I had much better results without it. Not sure what the new RE is going to do.

 

[oneof14]

Oneof - 10 eggs is awesome! Hoping you got some good drugs for today/tomorrow and that you get a great fert report!

Thank you. I did get some good drugs and much needed sleep, I've been waking up at 5 am for almost a week straight for monitoring. I came home and went to sleep at 12:30 and woke up at 3:45, lol.

 

[oneof14]

Yay Patricia, ten eggs is great!! Fingers crossed you get a good fert report tomorrow! Hope dh is taking good care of you waiting on you hand and foot!

Thanks Lauren, I'm praying for a good fert report with a good amount of embies. So nervous. How are you feeling?

 

[Lucie73821]

One- ten eggs is fabulous! Fingers crossed for a great fertilization report!

 

[L4hope]

Yay Patricia, ten eggs is great!! Fingers crossed you get a good fert report tomorrow! Hope dh is taking good care of you waiting on you hand and foot!

Thanks Lauren, I'm praying for a good fert report with a good amount of embies. So nervous. How are you feeling?

I hope so too! Ugh every step is just so nerve wracking!! Glad you have gotten some much needed rest. I'm feeling pretty good, just been very tired and the past couple days constantly hungry. Of course the nervous Nellie in me just wants to see another good ultrasound. I'm not sure the worrying will ever stop!

 

[oneof14]

Thanks Lucie, holding my breathe for until tomorrow.

Lauren, sounds like you're doing well. When is your next ultrasound?

 

[L4hope]

Next ultrasound is next Monday, 3/18. Still poking my boobs and checking my undies..but so far so good.

 

[oneof14]

Lauren, you are so funny!! Cant wait until the 18th!!

 

[L4hope]

Know, and don't get me wrong I'm elated but I think I'll feel a bit more comfortable once I get through the first tri.

Can't wait to hear your fert results today!!

 

[septbride]

Good luck with your fert report today, Oneof!

 

[oneof14]

So we have 6 embryos. Transfer is on Friday (they always do a 3 day transfer w/co-culture). I need prayers that the embies are top notch. So nervous!

 

[whattheiveff]

Oneof - 6 out of 10 embryos is wonderful news! I know you're nervous, but I'm sure you'll have several to choose from at your transfer. Do you know how many you can put back?

 

[L4hope]

Yay Patricia that's a great fert report! One step at a time, I'm sure you'll have some great embies to put on board Friday! And yes how many will you transfer?

 

[oneof14]

Thanks whatthe, last we spoke w/Dr. Davis, he said they can transfer as many as 5 (based on age and grade of the embies). He said because at my age, 1 in 5 embys are normal. That is why he doesnt push the PGD testing.

I am hoping to put in 3 the most, but really I am hoping for 1 or 2 really, really good ones!

You have your appt w/Dr Davis on Monday? Im looking foward to hearing how that goes.

 

[oneof14]

Thanks Lauren, I really dont know how many I will transfer, I'll have to sit down with the dr and see what they think. I hope we have some good ones to choose from!

 

[whattheiveff]

Oneof - Yes, our appointment is at 10:30 on Monday. While I'm not expecting to get any answers, I am excited to meet with him and hear what he recommends. Interestingly enough, I just got my cycle review letter from my current clinic and they are recommending the exact same protocol as last time if I were to cycle with them again. While I agree that I had my best response yet, I find it a little unnerving that they haven't suggested any additional testing to find out if maybe my body is rejecting the embryos. At 31 years old (30 when I did my first 2 IVFs), it seems unusual that none of our embryos would take. At this point, we've transferred 6 embryos and at least 3 were really good. On a different note, was your retrieval experience good (relatively on time, nurses nice, etc.)?

 

[oneof14]

I understand the feeling, same with my old clinic, they didnt offer any explanation as to why I had 2 failed IVF's. They wanted to do the mirco-dose lupron if I were to cycle with them again. I feel like at this point they've tried all the rest, might as well try the last one.

Dr. Davis didnt suppress me at all, hoping that I get more eggs (which i did get 2 more). Although 6 embies are great, I thought with the co-culture I would have thought more would fertilize. I hope that when I go for the transfer, the quality of embryos are better, although they werent awful at my old clinic.

As far as retrieval, it was different from my old RE. We got to the IVF suite in the hospital and was asked to change in hopital clothing and wait in the waiting room with about 6 other women who are also there for ER. One Dr. does all the ER's for that day. I was happy that Dr. Davis did all ER yesterday.

They are very well organzied but it acutally was like an assembly line of woman going in and getting wheeled out of the OR. We had to be there at 7:30, dont know why since my DH had a 9:45 am appt to produce his sample. I think we all had to be there at the same time, despite what time we are actually scheduled for retrivel. Also, in the recovery room, I had to ask how my eggs were retrived and I didnt see Dr. Davis other than the 2 mins in the OR. I had to wait until about 10:00 for my actual retrival, so I cant tell you if they were on-time or not.

Despite all of that, the staff was great and the entire retrieval process took literally 30 mins from lights out until I was ready to leave. I dont have any complaints!

 

[whattheiveff]

Oneof - Thanks for answering my questions about the clinic/Dr. D. I know I'll see for myself soon enough, but its always helpful to hear feedback from actual patients. Also, I'm sure you know better than I do, but I was under the impression that the benefit of co-culture was that it improved the development/quality of the embryos AFTER fertilization, so instead of growing in a random lab media, they were growing in a media that resembled your uterus. Either way, 60% fertilization rate is really great...I always thought RE's hoped for 50% or better. Best of luck on Friday!