Girls with poor egg quality? SAIFW

jakesgirl514 · January 2010

We met with my RE on Wednesday and she said she thinks or IF is due to poor egg quality. Our last IVF cycle was perfect and we still got a BFN. We transfer 2 embryos on a 3 day transfer- 1 8 cell no frag and 1 6 cell with >5% frag. What was your protocol, what meds did you use and is there anything you can do to make your egg quality better? We have one cycle left before we consider donor eggs. Thanks!

smeyer · January 2010

Have you looked into co-culture or assisted hatching? I had done 2 fresh cycles with one clinic and we had 3 embryos to transfer the 1st time and only 1 the 2nd (4 measly embryos out of about 30 retrieved eggs). We never had anything to freeze and our embryos were always slow in the dish. We switched clinics and did co-culture with IVF#3. We got 15 embryos and froze 11. They looked great in the lab and developed right on schedule. It was an amazing difference. Also, my new clinic routinely does assisted hatching at ET, whether a fresh cycle or a FET.

flutterby918 · January 2010

You could check into: Royal Jelly, DHEA, or Wheatgrass - all are touted to help improve egg quality.

I took Royal Jelly and Wheatgrass for two months prior and up until stims w/IVF#2 and we ended up w/2 frozen embies (whereas w/cycle 1 everything arrested and we transferred nothing). Don't know if it helped, but I don't think it hurt.

mbjmaybebaby · January 2010

As you can see in my siggy, I was told the only way we could have a baby was if we did DE. I wasn't satisfied with that so I did my own research. I went on 75 mg of DHEA & 7 wheatgrass pills/day and we got 11 eggs. I know that may not see like much but we hadn't gotten anything prior.

I truly believe the wheatgrass & DHEA as well as a change in protocol helped me get eggs.

GL!!

PrincessShay80 · January 2010

You can try to switch up your protocol- talk to your RE about it. My first IVF we had barely any embryos make it to day 3- with IVF 2 my RE changed my stim protocal and I had 4 embryos make it to day 5- and froze to.

So the meds can help things.

JM1977 · January 2010

I have egg quality/reserve issues, and my new dr. recommended a different protocol (estrogen priming vs. microdose lupron) as well as a supplement called Total Fertility. I've seen a lot of mixed opinions about DHEA, but that is definitely worth looking into as well. Best wishes!

hooliface · January 2010

Thanks for asking this question, I actually have the exact same thing going on! I was going to ask a very similar question. I have an appt on Wed to see the RE regarding my recent failed IVF cycle (#1) for us. I will write these things down and ask if any of them might help us. Good luck to you!

Jakesgirl14, which clinic are you using in the chicago area? We decided to go with one in Oakbrook/Hinsdale area but I was curious which you chose and are you happy with them?

Thanks

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