Some hope for folks w/ low number of eggs retrieved
Hi all!
First, I wanted to thank you all for your vulnerability and bravery to share on here. I've leaned on this group heavily throughout this emotional process and your stories have been very validating and affirming and have made me feel less alone.
Because of this, I felt I should share a bit about my journey as I think it might be able to provide some hope for fellow IVF warriors!
I had a really disappointing egg retrieval last Saturday. Leading up to the procedure, my ultrasounds and blood work had led myself and my doctors to believe we'd get at least 10 eggs, but closer to 12-15. Welp, on the day of the procedure, the surgeon retrieved only 3 eggs. When he visited me after I woke up, even he was confused as to why only 3 were retrieved considering the number and size of my follicles and estrogen levels.
My husband and I were really shaken. I've had health problems throughout my life that left whether or not stims would work for me as a big question mark.
The next day however, we got the call that all 3 were mature and all 3 had fertilized! And today, after a looong wait (the one time I was not pleased with a long holiday weekend lol) we heard that ALL THREE successfully made it to the blastocyst phase!! XBAB, XBBB and XBBB! (my clinic does "XB" to signify "expanded blastocyst" and these were all day 5 blastocysts.)
I just wanted to share that if you are in the depths of it right now, please know that good things can happen!!!
Sending love to all of you!
Edit: to explain my clinic's grading system a bit