Retrieval was a Bust

Gpayne · 03-21-2005, 02:18 PM

I just got the most awful call from the doc...
no eggs @ retrieval...we are back to stage 1.
He did say that we are their #1 goal now and will try
to match us with a proven donor....but for me to stop meds
and wait again....I am 44...not a lot of time to wait any more it seems...I will go be sad now.
Just wanted to post and let you know.
Gayle

50/50 · 03-21-2005, 02:29 PM

OMG! I am so sorry Gayle. This is not what I was expecting. Did your RE say what happened?

Take care and my thoughts are with you.

Gpayne · 03-21-2005, 02:58 PM

I did not even have myself together enough to ask
the "why" or "how".....maybe tomorrow.
Thanks for your response...I'll be better tomorrow.
Gayle

Loraflo · 03-21-2005, 04:08 PM

oh. So sorry, Gayle. That is the worst news

Be sad; it is sad, but you will move on.

Laenae · 03-21-2005, 05:12 PM

Gayle - I am so incredibly sorry this has happened. Things looked so good at the last scan and now this disappointment. I have been in a similar but not exactly same position where you have been. In my third IVF more than half of the follies I thought I would be getting little embies from, came up empty. I was devastated.

Was your donor proven? When you feel up to it, speak to your RE and ask what he thought happened here. Once again, I am so very sorry. This is so unfair. Please know I am here for you as are the other ladies here.

emmaalso · 03-21-2005, 05:47 PM

I am so sorry.
I hope they get you matched ASAP and you get tons of healthy embies.
Hang in there!!! Let us know or just come here to vent.

Take care!

**BC-MAV** · 03-21-2005, 06:35 PM

I am so sorry!

That is very strange.... I would think at least they would get some immature eggs.... maybe some mature eggs... but NO EGGS? Just fluid in the follicles? I'm glad they are making you #1 priority.

I remember an ER/IVF cycle of mine where we did get eggs and fertilization but after 2 days they embryos stopped growing, so no embryos to transfer!!! It was the WORST day of my life to go through all that and nothing to transfer. It was a very wierd cycle for me since we have always had a good number of eggs and good fertilization and this cycle the embryos all pooped out.

I asked the Dr. and the embryologist if the culture mediums were contaminated, if anyone else that went through an ER/IVF that day had similar problems with fertilization or growth, etc... The RE said they checked everything and could find no explanation. He felt really bad that this strange thing happenned and since I was a long time patient and he had done previous ER and IVF with me having very good results in the lab, the RE said he would comp his fees for another ER/IVF if I wanted to do another one!!! We took him up on it.

I hope things turn around for you and the next cycle is better!!!

**BC-KarenS-MI** · 03-21-2005, 06:43 PM

Oh no Gayle

I'm so sorry to see your post.

It's so completely heartbreaking. I've seen a few times where someone has gone in for retrieval & they've gotten nothing. I have a good friend who went in for retrieval & after having seen 22 follicles, they got not a single egg. She was devastated. She did do another cycle & that next one was successful. Sometimes it's just a fluke thing. I know that doesn't take your pain & hurt & disappointment away, but please know that we're all thinking of you!!

Keep us posted on what happens next with trying to find a new donor.

Karen

SandiLI · 03-21-2005, 08:31 PM

I am so sorry!

You are in our thoughts and prayers!

Emily'sMom · 03-22-2005, 10:45 AM

Oh my. I'm so so sorry. I'm at a loss for words. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. Hoping they're able to match you with a proven donor quickly.

((((HUGS))))
Ellen

03-21-2005, 02:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
Gpayne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 110	Retrieval was a Bust I just got the most awful call from the doc... no eggs @ retrieval...we are back to stage 1. He did say that we are their #1 goal now and will try to match us with a proven donor....but for me to stop meds and wait again....I am 44...not a lot of time to wait any more it seems...I will go be sad now. Just wanted to post and let you know. Gayle

03-21-2005, 04:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
Loraflo Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: No. California Posts: 525	oh. So sorry, Gayle. That is the worst news Be sad; it is sad, but you will move on. __________________ Girl and boy twins: 11-07-05

03-21-2005, 05:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Laenae 1000-4999 post queen of hearts Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Blue State but Red State kind of Gal Posts: 2,497	Gayle - I am so incredibly sorry this has happened. Things looked so good at the last scan and now this disappointment. I have been in a similar but not exactly same position where you have been. In my third IVF more than half of the follies I thought I would be getting little embies from, came up empty. I was devastated. Was your donor proven? When you feel up to it, speak to your RE and ask what he thought happened here. Once again, I am so very sorry. This is so unfair. Please know I am here for you as are the other ladies here. __________________ Age 48/DH 44 - Married 23 yrs. K 02/19/00 (Clomid/C-Section) High Risk PG 12 IUIs/inject.; 6 IVFs; 1 FET; 1 M/C –Twins M 11/10/05 ~ High Risk PG - (C-Section) "Live a Good Life! And in the end, its not the years in a life that count...it's the life in your years!" Abraham Lincoln

03-21-2005, 06:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
BC-KarenS-MI Board Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Michigan Posts: 28,043	Oh no Gayle I'm so sorry to see your post. It's so completely heartbreaking. I've seen a few times where someone has gone in for retrieval & they've gotten nothing. I have a good friend who went in for retrieval & after having seen 22 follicles, they got not a single egg. She was devastated. She did do another cycle & that next one was successful. Sometimes it's just a fluke thing. I know that doesn't take your pain & hurt & disappointment away, but please know that we're all thinking of you!! Keep us posted on what happens next with trying to find a new donor. Karen __________________ ttc #1 for 7 1/2 years ~ IVF #1, 6-93, cancelled; IVF#2/rescue ICSI- 7-99, failed ~(switched RE's) ZIFT/ICSI- 1-00, successful w/twins, lost 1 at 8w ~ ZIFT/ICSI #2, to try for #2- March '03- successful ~ GS- IVF #1, 7-05 failed. FET 10-05- BFP, m/c 5w5d

03-21-2005, 08:31 PM	#9 (permalink)
SandiLI Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 371	I am so sorry! You are in our thoughts and prayers! __________________ Sandi 38 yrs old, ovarian failure at age 16 DE IVF #1 6/01, neg DE IVF #2 10/01, son DFET #3 10/03, neg DE IVF #4, 3/31/05 neg DFET #5, 11/10/05 It's Twins! Boy and a Girl, born 7/12/06

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03-21-2005, 02:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
50/50 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,927 Blog Entries: 18	OMG! I am so sorry Gayle. This is not what I was expecting. Did your RE say what happened? Take care and my thoughts are with you.

03-21-2005, 02:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gpayne Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 110	I did not even have myself together enough to ask the "why" or "how".....maybe tomorrow. Thanks for your response...I'll be better tomorrow. Gayle

03-21-2005, 05:47 PM	#6 (permalink)
emmaalso Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: southeast Posts: 228	I am so sorry. I hope they get you matched ASAP and you get tons of healthy embies. Hang in there!!! Let us know or just come here to vent. Take care!

03-21-2005, 06:35 PM	#7 (permalink)
BC-MAV Board Coordinator for Surrogacy BB Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: way down yonder ... Posts: 29,651 Blog Entries: 50	I am so sorry! That is very strange.... I would think at least they would get some immature eggs.... maybe some mature eggs... but NO EGGS? Just fluid in the follicles? I'm glad they are making you #1 priority. I remember an ER/IVF cycle of mine where we did get eggs and fertilization but after 2 days they embryos stopped growing, so no embryos to transfer!!! It was the WORST day of my life to go through all that and nothing to transfer. It was a very wierd cycle for me since we have always had a good number of eggs and good fertilization and this cycle the embryos all pooped out. I asked the Dr. and the embryologist if the culture mediums were contaminated, if anyone else that went through an ER/IVF that day had similar problems with fertilization or growth, etc... The RE said they checked everything and could find no explanation. He felt really bad that this strange thing happenned and since I was a long time patient and he had done previous ER and IVF with me having very good results in the lab, the RE said he would comp his fees for another ER/IVF if I wanted to do another one!!! We took him up on it. I hope things turn around for you and the next cycle is better!!!

03-22-2005, 10:45 AM	#10 (permalink)
Emily'sMom 5000-9999 post king of hearts Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,973	Oh my. I'm so so sorry. I'm at a loss for words. You'll be in my thoughts and prayers. Hoping they're able to match you with a proven donor quickly. ((((HUGS)))) Ellen __________________ Ellen Mommy to a sweet miracle - Emily- 3/02 1st DEIVF - TWINS!!!! - Alexander David and - Katelyn Rose Arrived at 35w on 2/6/06

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