So, the doctor chose a good donor. One that the clinic has worked with successfully in the past. Ovarian stimulation went great and the doctor told me last Friday that he expected to retrieve at least 10 eggs.
He called me on Saturday to give me not so encouraging news. The most mature follicles exploded releasing the eggs before they could be retrieved. This is very unusual and had never happened to this donor before. They were able to retrieve 4 healthy eggs and the lab proceeded to fertilize them.
If we have any viable embryos on day 5, we will proceed with transfer of those. However, if there isn’t a successful pregnancy, the clinic will give us a donor cycle at no cost, since they are committed to obtain at least 8 eggs from a donor.
So, even though the news is not all bad, once again the odds fail for us. And we keep hoping…
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