IVF ICSI - total fertilization failure?

hellobabyLC

hey all!

my husband and I just finished our first round of IVF ICSI and the day after egg retrieval found out 0 of our 9 mature eggs fertilized. Doctors said both sperm and eggs looked great, but they had no explanation for why nothing fertilized. We later found out this happens in less than 1% of ICSI cases. 

Has this happened to anyone? Could this be an error on the clinics side? Will this keep happening if we go through IVF again?

thank you!
hopeless

tripledaggerWed95976

**lurking**
I'm so very sorry to hear that this happened to you.   I did IVF/ICSI myself but I've never heard of anyone having 0 out of 9 fertilized with ICSI :-(
i would suggest posting this on the infertility board as there is a lot more women going through IVF on that board.   I really hope you get some answers!  
Here is the link to that board
https://forums.thebump.com/categories/trouble-ttc
ETA:  i don't know enough about your case to give any real advise regarding how common this is.. but, If this were me I would be very suspect that it could be some sort of error on the clinic's side... especially since they told you there were no major problems with your husband's sperm sample.   

NamelessAria

**Dirty lurker**

When I was spending time over on the infertility sub on Reddit I'm fairly certain I saw some ladies say they got their fertilization report back saying nothing fertilized. I don't remember if they were doing ICSI or not. But you may want to try asking there also if you don't find answers here and/or on the infertility forum here on TheBump. I know nearly everyone on Reddit's infertility sub is doing IVF and I know several of them are doing IVF with ICSI. So you may have better luck getting some replies there. If I were you I'd probably ask this in a couple of different places if your situation is really that rare since it'll likely be difficult to find other ladies who have been in that 1%. I really hope you're able to find some answers somewhere!

I'm sorry that the IVF round went so terribly bad for you.  

LadyMillil

This happened to a woman in my IRL support group. She was told that her eggs and her H's sperm may not be compatible and the only way to know for sure was to try IVF with ICSI again and see if there was any fertilization. If it didn't work with a second cycle then they were told the only option would be to use donor egg or sperm, and donor egg was recommended because you could get younger eggs that would have a better chance of success.

wabash15

I'm so sorry that happened and I'm sending you creepy Internet hugs. Most of the ladies here are trying on their own or with IUI, as @tripledaggerwed95976 mentioned the IF board may be able to provide more answers or insight. GL

hellobabyLC

Thank you all ❤️