Northern Jane
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Hi ladies,
I am currently in the stimulation phase of my 2nd IVF cycle and am in need of, well, some encouragement hopefully. My 1st IVF cycle (Nov 2013) was unsuccessful. I did an antagonist protocol and got 8 mature sized follicles (<18mm) but during the retrieval, only 4 follicles were found. Apparently there was no fluid in the ovaries to signify ovulation had occurred, but no one seems to have an alternative explanation as to what happened to the other 4 follicles. Anyways, of the 4 follicles that were visible, we got 1 abnormal egg, 2 immature eggs and 1 normal egg. The normal egg fertilized with ICSI and was transferred on day 3, but unfortunately did not stick around. My Dr has since put me on CoQ10 due to a potential egg quality issue (why were 75% of my eggs not viable?) and we're trying again 5 months later, this time with a long downregulation protocol.
Which brings me to my question. I'm on Day 6 and currently have 1 large follicle on my right side (19mm) along with 3 between 7 and 11mm and 6 less than 7mm. On my left side I have 3 less than 7mm. I'm on Lupron and Puregon for the stims. Does anyone have any sense as to why all the follicle growth has been into 1 follicle? There was no large follicle on my day 2 baseline so it's not like it had a head start. Is it common for the others to catch up? Any advice or just support in general would really help - thanks in advance for being awesome!
I am currently in the stimulation phase of my 2nd IVF cycle and am in need of, well, some encouragement hopefully. My 1st IVF cycle (Nov 2013) was unsuccessful. I did an antagonist protocol and got 8 mature sized follicles (<18mm) but during the retrieval, only 4 follicles were found. Apparently there was no fluid in the ovaries to signify ovulation had occurred, but no one seems to have an alternative explanation as to what happened to the other 4 follicles. Anyways, of the 4 follicles that were visible, we got 1 abnormal egg, 2 immature eggs and 1 normal egg. The normal egg fertilized with ICSI and was transferred on day 3, but unfortunately did not stick around. My Dr has since put me on CoQ10 due to a potential egg quality issue (why were 75% of my eggs not viable?) and we're trying again 5 months later, this time with a long downregulation protocol.
Which brings me to my question. I'm on Day 6 and currently have 1 large follicle on my right side (19mm) along with 3 between 7 and 11mm and 6 less than 7mm. On my left side I have 3 less than 7mm. I'm on Lupron and Puregon for the stims. Does anyone have any sense as to why all the follicle growth has been into 1 follicle? There was no large follicle on my day 2 baseline so it's not like it had a head start. Is it common for the others to catch up? Any advice or just support in general would really help - thanks in advance for being awesome!