Coming over from the IF board with a question.

pbj1975

Hi all,

 

I am hoping for a little faith, hope, and belief from you all. I just had my 3rd failed IVF cycle. My initial diagnosis was blocked tubes, but now I am concerned about my egg quality. My WTF appt. is on Friday so hopefully I will have better information then. My latest FSH level was 5.5 (on my baseline appt. for this last round). My AMH has not been measured, but I will ask about that. My first IVF, I had 8 retrieved, 7 initially fertilized. We had to do an FET, so the RE froze them all on day 1. I didn't think much of it (as this was all new to me), but my friend later said normally t hey would let them grow out a few days as they tend to lose cells in the thaw. When we went to do the FET, out of those 7, I only had 1 to transfer. So I don't know if we lost them from egg quality or it was from being frozen so early on.

The next cycle, only 3 were retrieved, 1 fertilized, but then it stopped growing. The RE thought I may have been overstimulated, so we went with the EPP. I had 12 retrieved. 8 were mature, 5 fertilized. Out of those 5, only 3 survived. 2 were transferred, 1 is on ice. 

 Soooo, to my question...if it is egg quality, how many success stories are there? I don't feel so hopeful about my frozen one. It was graded as "fair." Not poor, not good, just fair. Bleh! I feel so damn confused. I just don't know what to think or  how to feel. There is a HUGE part of me that is saying this ain't over yet. That's my heart talking. My head is telling me something else. Any thoughts or advice you can give a sad little IF'er would be greatly appreciated. Also, if you have any suggested questions for my RE that would be helpful, too.

 

Jen