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[Heregoesnothing]

Hi Ladies,

I'm currently waiting for my WTF appointment following a BFN. We've had two cycles thus far, both pretty bad in my opinion!

The first cycle was as follows:

5 eggs retrieved
3 fertilized naturally... NO ICSI used! (60% fertilization rate... though kind of unfair stat given such a low # of eggs)
Cycle cancelled b/c non made it to blast

The second cycle was as follows:

13 mature eggs
5 fertilized using ICSI (38%)
3 made it to day 3... 2 were transferred.
1 made it to blast at day 6, but was too low quality to freeze


The embryologist told us these results were most likely due to egg quality as well having MF. I'm very confused as I am only 31 years old. Could this really be happening to me?

Any experiences/advice for my WTF appointment would be greatly appreciated!

[notalone2]

I would ask what you can do to improve egg quality and what they recommend your next steps are based on the low fertilization rates. Good luck

[rokgerl]

I too was told that I had egg quality issues after our first IVF. While my eggs fertilized fine, we had highly fragmented embryos, which points to an egg quality problem. Although I am a bit older than you (34 years old) they, and I, were completely surprised by these results. It was the furthest thing from what we expected. We did IVF #2 and had better growing embryos but the same fragmentation...I took DHEA for 8 weeks prior as well as CoQ10 and vitamin D. Although my 2nd IVF gave us a BFP, it sadly ended in m/c. Maybe ask them what they thicken of DHEA and CoQ10? Could be what you need to get that extra little boost!

Good luck!

[tjluvbug]

We had really poor fertilization with our first ivf, I am also 31 yrs old and I was concerned about egg quality too. Doc sid that eggs looked good prior to fertilization, how did yours look? I had DH take lots of supplements and so did before our next cycle and we ended up doubling our fertilization.

[misslizzy]

We had really poor fertilization with our first ivf, I am also 31 yrs old and I was concerned about egg quality too. Doc sid that eggs looked good prior to fertilization, how did yours look? I had DH take lots of supplements and so did before our next cycle and we ended up doubling our fertilization.

Hello! I just finished my first IVF with low fertilization - 1 out of 6.  What supplements did you take to double your fertilization? Thanks!

[Heregoesnothing]

It's funny to read these old posts! Turns out It was somewhat of an egg quality issue - they triggered me too early on my 2nd cycle. My follicles had not reached mature stage. So hence the low fert report. On my following cycle, I had 16 eggs and all fertilized and gave me my son.

Maybe ask about the follicle size? See if that could have your issue as well?

Good luck!