Hi, I'm 36 and I just had my egg retrieval this morning. I had 7 follicles on the left and 6 on the right, but only 10 eggs retrieved.
My doctor said there is usually an 80% yield, but he was still surprised that 3 follicles were empty because they were all over 20mm. I've researched it a bit, and Google says this is REALLY rare 0.2-7%.
I just want to know if anyone else has experienced this?
I'm trying to stay positive because we are beyond grateful to have 10! Dr says we can expect 1-3 health embryos from it.
Please tell me your experience if you don't mind just to help ease my mind.
Thank you!
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It surely can happen. It happened to me. I had 4 follicles that did not release any eggs, and my doctor had prepared me for that when I went for my scans to set my expectations right. You are not alone 😊 Congratulations! 10 is a really good number.

Were yours all 20-22mm?
Mine were all over 20 mm, so I wasn't too prepared for the news.
I don't want to sound like I'm not grateful either I'm just surprised and curious.
We are SO grateful we were able to get any eggs!

I totally understand! We all have multiple questions, which is normal since IVF aint straight forward 😅 No, they were not when I went it for my 3rd scan. I then triggered a couple of days later, and 1.5 days later was my retrieval. I'm not sure what size they could have been at retrieval.

Thank you for your response! I REALLY do appreciate it! It's nice to hear from someone else who is going through it!
I wish you the best of luck with your journey, I see you had your egg retrieval on Saturday! Sending you positive vibes!

Thank you, Gianna! The 5 day wait is so hard and longgg. Sending baby dust your way 🌟

Not the same experience but I had 19 eggs retrieved but only nine more mature. Of those nine all of them were fertilized! I just got a call back on my day five last assist report and out of nine there are five that made it. Now to wait for the genetic testing.

Congratulations!!!!
10 eggs 9 mature 4 fertilized 2 possible as of now.
What does possible mean? Just late fertilization?

Yeah it probably means still cooking and not out of the game yet!