Today's appointment was surprising to say the least. The ET being cancelled wasn't even the big shocker.
Turns out I've got shitty eggs to go with the shitty sperm. I guess the day 3 quality we've had isn't what they'd expect out of a 29 year old (and I've only been 29 for less than 3 weeks...). I guess in the first cycle the egg issue was masked by our other problem. I'm not really sure what we'll do next. The RE said it isn't absolute - that there are break cycle pregnancies sometimes when a sperm catches a good egg. Unfortunately, with the severe MF that isn't possible. We could try DIUI to see if it is really a severe egg quality issue. We could also try DE with 1/2 DS to see if good eggs could over come the MF issue.
My choice would be to see if there was anything I could do to improve my egg quality and try again (maybe a 3 day transfer would help?). That will be a tough sell to DH because we would be out of pocket this time and the odds would be so low. My next choice would be the DE option, hoping that different eggs would make all the difference - this is even more out there financially.
When I get to the point that I can talk to the RE about some of the questions I have, I'll have to give him a call. I have a ton of them - just couldn't come up with any of them this morning.
{eight year well child}
8 years ago
4 comments:
So sorry to hear the ET was canceled. :( I hope a new path unfolds shortly. Praying for you.
Oh my gosh. I am so, so sorry. My heart broke for you when I read your post. I don't know that there are any words to make you feel better, but know that I am thinking of you.
I too have crappy eggs and did a lot of research into trying to improve my quality. Two things I found that MAY help are acupuncture and DHEA. I did acupuncture for all three of my cycles and DHEA for my 2nd and 3rd cycles. I have no idea if either of them helped or not, but it did make me feel better.
If you are considering DE with DS, then you may want to consider donor embryo. It would essentially be the same thing, but at a much, much lower cost, if money is a consideration. I think we will probably pursue this option if we decide to try for another baby.
Again, I'm so, so sorry to read that today did not go as expected. Hang in there and know that people are thinking of you.
I am so sorry, this all sucks so bad. I wish I could wrap you in a huge hug right now.
I hope your RE is able to give you some good answers.
xoxo
I am so very sorry for your loss of the cycle. My first IVF was canceled and it was the worst most defeated moment for me.
I wanted to give you some thoughts and things to try, I hope that is ok. If not, please delete this post and ignore me.... After my IVF with no transfer, I changed RE's. I am now at CCRM and they do something co-culture for embryo/egg quality (see this link for more info) http://www.ivf.org/treatments.html
I also changed my eating habits and we did a lap to remove endo from my ovaries (I did not know I had endo before the lap). My last 3 IVF cycles, failed too but my embryos were much better and all made it to transfer. Let me know if you have any questions. I am happy to help.
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