Last week, I emailed the clinic where the eggs were frozen. I wanted to let them know about the dismal outcome of the eggs. They emailed back today that they usually have a 85% thaw rate, a 66% fertilization rate, they implant 3 eggs and there is a 25% pregnancy rate. They told me there is a learning curve for this procedure and they were sorry my clinic didn't have more experience.
Although this was exactly what I wanted to know , it has made me so sad. We should have had a chance with these frozen eggs.
I'm not sure I properly grieved not getting a chance with this first cycle. I moved so quickly to the DE cycle 2, that I haven't fully let out how angry, disappointed and sad I really am about the crappy thawing. This dude should not have undertaken the procedure if he was not qualified to do so.
My jaw is really tight lately. I think this grief is going to get out of me one way or another.
About Me
- DE Mommy
- Our son was conceived after two months of "trying." Imagine our surprise when the next 8 pregnancies ended in miscarriages (5 chemical pgs and 3 clinical m/cs ranging from 8 weeks to 12 weeks). We've considered adoption but started trying donor eggs first. Our frist DE cycle was with frozen donor eggs. Our 1st fresh cycle was canceled when the donor tested (falsely) positive for HIV. We also think I may have an auto-immune issue. We are pregnant with twins after our 3rd DE cycle, the first one we got to "try" with!
2 comments:
I don't know anything about frozen eggs, but that's an amazing success rate. I don't blame you for being upset! Are you going to show the e-mail to your clinic?
Yes, it's not bad. But when I "bet" I want a good percentage. I know enough about statistics to know that anything under 50% is NOT likely to happen and anything over 50% is more likely to happen. It's why the SDFC, with it's 80% success rate for fresh DE is so appealing.
And heck yeah, we're taking this email in. They owe us an explanation for this poor performance.
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