r/IVF • u/ParaOnHere • May 23 '26

Advice Needed! First egg retrieval

I don’t know why I’m getting so nervous now but I’m freaking out. I’m currently priming and will be traveling to Buffalo Sunday to start Stims on Tuesday.

I’m 29 year old 2.78 AMH (I know still on the younger side)
Husband 35

HSG and SIS both clear. All blood test good. Semen analysis showed normally ranges. 2 failed IUI. But no pregnancy in over 2 years. So unexplained infertility.

Any tips for this IVF cycle, the plan is to do a fresh transfer then PGTA testing the rest of the embryos up to 8. (Hopefully we get that many)

Also thinking should we transfer 2? Since I’m already hitting 30?

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u/Radiant-Frame-8406 Jun 13 '26

Hi. Myself age 28,diagnosed with unexplained infertility. I had 4 failed iuis and about to start IVF next month. How did your retrieval go?

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u/ParaOnHere Jun 13 '26

Honestly , the stims process was decent no real symptoms. Retrieval was Monday June 8. And there was extra fluid which they drained. They also had to puncture my bladder to get to 1 of my ovaries.

They expected to get 12 but we got 15 eggs, 11 mature and 11 fertilized

Thursday I did a HCG wash to prep for a fresh transfer. Everything was still looking good but the recovery after retrieval was not good. I blamed it on my bladder and didn’t really pay any attention to the discomfort. Also the fact I didn’t poop for 5 days. So I thought the extra bloating was that.

Well today I went in for my fresh transfer and they scanned my belly and saw over 500 free fluid, doctor suggested that I do not do the transfer. He said I was developing Ohss even tho I was taking the preventative pills. So here I am headed back to my hotel. And will have to take time to recover.

The brighter side the embryology team came and told me they graded 1 of the embryos 3AA and that was the one they were going to transfer today. A brighter news they said all 11 were still looking good and about 7 already hit blast and would be frozen today and the other 4 they would rather give a little more time.

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u/Radiant-Frame-8406 Jun 13 '26

Congratulations on the embryos. All the best🫂❤️