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Success with poor egg quality..anyone?

Areej76Areej76 member
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Hi Ladies...I'm really feeling down and not very hopeful. RE says that average IVF for women with poor egg quality due to age is 5-6 times before you take a baby home. He then said its a 50/50 chance. I am 38 and moving forward with IVF #2 with "freeze all" cycle. Would love to hear success stories as I am feeling very discouraged tonight. xoxoxo
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Re: Success with poor egg quality..anyone?

  • dmhrn13dmhrn13 member
    Do your eggs fertilize? Why are you doing a "freeze all"- progesterone levels, OHSS? 

    I ask because (and you can see my history in my sig) but I usually get a high number of eggs 20-38, but then only 3-4 make it to blast. Which is a huge blessing I know, but they aren't sure why that happens, egg quality or sperm quality. I just had my first beta today for a FET & it was positive. There is hope for you!

    Sometimes this infertility "game" is about hanging in there long enough to keep going until it happens. 5-6 times sounds so daunting but if they are saying 50/50 chance then eventually, its going to happen. For a young woman with good eggs & a partner with good sperm & a normal uterus the chance is about 60%, so you're good! 

    Hang in there. 

    TTC since 1/2008
    BFP 7/2009 m/c
    BFP 9/2009 m/c
    Clomid IUI 12/2010, 1/2011, 2/2011 All BFN
    IVF #1 6/2011 BFN, no frosties
    IVF #2 2/2012 BFP
    DD born 10/2012
    FET 9/3/2013 BFN, no more frosties
    IVF # 3 11/3/13 Canceled after retrieval d/t severe OHSS, 3 frosties
    FET #3 2/2014 BFP Twins!
    B/G Twins born 9/2014 at 36w4d

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  • Areej76Areej76 member
    @dmhrn13~ Hi!! Out of 9 eggs retrieved- 8 fertilized. 6 arrested on day 4, and 2 made it to early blastocyst. We then did PGD and now I thank GOD we did it. The two blastocysts? One only had 9 chromosomes which would have resulted in a miscarriage, and one was a trisomy21 which would have resulted in a Down Syndrome baby if I did not miscarry it during my second trimester! PGD gave me answers and lessened the heartache of miscarriages! Otherwise all is great- not even an IF diagnosis because we have only been actively trying for 2 months but because of my age I thought I would be proactive. Everything stellar with DH. I am having a freeze-all because of progesterone levels. Thank you for your support and best of luck to you <3
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  • STL34STL34 member

    ((HUGS)) I'm sorry I don't have any advice.  I am DOR.  So, when I was doing IVF at the ages of 31 and 32, I had a really low number of eggs retrieved and usually only a few were mature.  Actually, I always had 4 mature eggs and 2-3 fertilize.  We didn't test any of them given there were so few.  We were finally successful on our third IVF cycle when we transferred 2 on day 2 with assisted hatching because that is all we had and I wanted to try something different (our previous cycles were blastocyst transfers).  Our third cycle was successful. 

    Good luck!  I know all of this is daunting.  I hope you find your miracle!

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    ~SAIF/PAIF/Everyone Welcome~ 

    Me= 37 and DH = 41 

    Dx: DOR, Endo, APA+ (really high beta 2 glycoprotein antibody and high everything else tested), heterozygous MTHFR mutation, positive for lupus anticoagulant, high FSH, low AMH and both tubes blocked (per HSG on 3/8/11)

    IVF #1 - long lupron (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 4 retrieved, 3 fertilized; ET 2 blasts and 1 frozen = BFN

    IVF #2 - a version of antagonist with EPP (with HGH, intralipids, lovenox and BA); 6 retrieved, 4 mature, 3 fertilized, 2 blasts and 1 frozen blast transferred on day 5 = BFN.

    IVF #3 April was postponed to May, May was canceled. June/July was canceled. Had a cyst aspiration and then began IVF #3 in August. ER on 8/22; ET on 8/24 with AH. +HPT on 9/5. Beta #1 (11dpo) = 3; Beta #2 (15dpo) = 29; Beta #3 (17dpo) = 60; Beta #4 (19 dpo) = 118. Heartbeat at 6 weeks 6 days =132.  Lil is here!

    TTC#2:  Trigger + TI = BFN; Clomid + Trigger + IUI = BFN.

    IVF #4:  BCP + MDLF + Lovenox = 7R, 1F = Transferred 1 6-cell embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #5:  MDLF + Lovenox = 4R, 1F = Transferred 1 10-cell compacting embryo on day 3 = BFN

    IVF #6:  (New RE):  Long Antagonist November 2014 (transferred two 8 cell grade 1 embryos and froze one blast) = BFN

    FET#1:  BFN

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  • Areej76Areej76 member
    @STL34 Thank you very much for sharing. Hugs back! :)
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  • IcescaIcesca member
    I am 37 , single ( donor sperm) and am pregnant off ivf # 2. I always had high egg retrival but few made it to transfer. This last time two were transfered and one stuck. I am 10 weeks pregnant, on high risk but doing very well. Hang in there! Its worth it!
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