All of your MFI only girls who have done IVF, can you tell me how many eggs you retrieved? I have this fear that I will produce none, or when they retrieve them they will find that they all suck and none can be used.
Any experiences to soothe my neurosis? :)
Not much new otherwise. DH has a sexual abuse of a child trial this week (prosecution) and has been very cranky. We had a bit of a fight b/c I was saying how nervous I am, and how I think about IVF nearly every minute of the day and his reply was that he hadn't really thought about it much. Which, of course, made me feel like I am just crazy and too emotional that I can't NOT think about it. But, after talking about it and crafting our comments to what we really meant, its just that he hasn't had the time to think about it, not that he isn't worried, etc. I guess the silver lining might be that we are better than a lot of couples in communicating to each other, though that isn't to say we don't suck at it sometimes:)
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I'm not MFI only, but my only known issue was that I didn't ovulate (in addition to DH's MFI) and I was just SURE that I would have zero eggs, but we got 9 our first time (only ended up with 4 embryos but I think that's because I got OHSS so the quality suffered) and got 12 the second time, of which 10 fertilized ok. Good luck!
The only problem I've had with IVF is that I OVER stimulate easily. I'm guessing this has to do with my age, the fact that I'm a complete spaz, and that our only real issue is sperm count. So bad news, one of my IVF cycles was canceled after like 8 days of stim meds. They kept increasing and decreasing the doses to keep me from overproducing follicles and as a result, my estrogen crashed and burned! But, good news - never had ANY trouble developing lots of follicles with nice eggs inside. 1st IVF cycle retrieved like 16 eggs or something. 2nd (canceled) IVF had at least 14 on their way. I won't tell you not to worry, but I will tell you that you can handle this! Lots of luck.
I think doing IVF is stressful on a relationship. I know I am feeling moody.
that is terrific that you are good at communicating, really important at tiems like this! in regards to your ?....i don't have any experience with it, but i am guessing you'll get a good answer from the blogosphere :)
i always thought about ivf stuff. lived and breathed it. i think that the female is a little more invested b/c most of it happens to her body, you know?
Oh the pre-first-IVF jitters!!! So v v normal. I couldn't stop thinking abt IVF once we decided to move to IVF. I promise... the jitters and nervousness subside when you actually start stimming!
Abt the communication mishaps, listen to this. In my jittered pre-IVF#1 state, I ask the same question to my DH. And his response was "Why are you so worried? Its not like you have cancer!". Yeah... I know... such an a$$. Lets just say that it prompted a whole lotta more yelling and crying and talking and hugging. All in all, I later find out that he was being "strong" for me! So yeah... communication is key!
Oh my gosh, I hate that for your DH. I worked on one such case just once, and it scarred me forever, just having to look at the evidence and etc.! I also wanted to say how impressive your communication is! Its normal to say things that don't hit the other person really wel - but how awesome that you can and do talk it through unti you come back around!
Will be keeping my fingers crossed for you and the IVF jitters!
I can't speak to the MFI only/IVF question, but I do understand the thinkng baout it all the time! i'm the same why, while my DH only seems to think about it when i bring it up. I think it's just a gender difference thing, but it sometimes hurts that they don't think about it more. Good luck, I'm sure you'll respond great!!
Hey…I just came across your blog recently. I’m not MFI only (in fact, just the opposite- I’m actually the problem), but I did want to tell you that I think your worrying and obsessing over IVF is completely normal. I’m not even to that phase yet (I’m doing IUI right now) and yet I still obsess about IVF all of the time! Maybe that makes me crazy…? :) It’s just a lot to put your body through, and because our husbands bodies don’t have to go through the same stuff physically, they don’t always “get” it. I think once you start stimming, you’ll be fine; in my experience, fear of the unknown is always the worst.
My husband has azoospermia. When we did IVF, I was 24. I was on the lowest stims possible and had 14 eggs retrieved. Because of the azoo, only 8 fertilized, and 5 made it to transfer.
Hang in there!
Leslee
babyattheend
i had that egg fear too. it was in the back of my mind after each unsuccessful iui.
my fears were put to rest and our eggs turned out great. IM SURE yours will too. :)
I may or may not have PCOS but our main issue has always been MFI. Both times we retrieved 15 eggs. The first time 12 were mature and the second time 13 were mature.
Stop worrying!
Hi Andrea!
We didn't have to deal with MFI at all and I don't have any other issues aside from an underactive thyroid and bad tubes. I've done one previous IVF cycle and they retrieved 16 eggs. 11 of those fertilized and we ended up with 5 blasts (transferred 2, froze 3).
After my retrieval, the girl next door asked the nurse what a good number was. The nurse told her 8-10eggs is normal, if that helps?
Glad to hear the shots are going well. You can do this! :)
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