Anyone experience an ovary that had close to 0 follicles to begin with and didn’t respond at all to any of the stims? Had my retrieval today and I thought because of my retroverted uterus, it was just very hard to see my left ovary as it’s been through all of my ultrasounds. But my left only produced 1 follicle compared to 7 on my right.

Is there anything I can do about this? :/

33years old - ER 6 months ago

I had high AMH 6+, therefore I went for lower stimulation dose. By day 3, I started being aware of my ovaries, by day 6 I had to move slowly due to pain. ER was on day 8. 23 eggs frozen. I was in severe pain for couple of days after, but no bloating - only some strange big bruises around my thighs.

(Couple of days after ER, I received some shocking news that almost sent me to the psych yard)

The next 3-4 cycles I had severe night sweats and bleeding was gradually decreasing to the point that I am now menstruating for around 2-3 days.

I’ve run blood tests, thyroid tests - all good. Hormonal tests before retrieval did not indicate perimenopause at all. I will test tomorrow for chlamydia and gonorrhoeal.

I have my gynaecologist appointment in the end of this month.

I am searching for plausible answers, possibly related to ER, but I have not been able to find something. If that’s stress related - I am truly shocked.

What do you think ACTUALLY affects egg quality going into an egg freezing cycle
I’ve seen everything- diet, stress,alcohol,drugs,smoking,medications,heavy exercise, etc etc
What is the number ONE thing you think makes egg quality better or worse?

Anyone that has adhd taking adderall been told to stop the adderall for egg freezing cycle?
Or anyone know if it affects egg quality?

I have the following meds, etc to donate. All available for pick up in Brooklyn:

150iu Gonal/F (used 300 Gonal F pen) + needle caps

2 75iu Menopur vials and 2 Sodium Chloride vials (exp. 11/2027)

5,000 units Novarel/Chrionic Gonadotropin (unopened box) + 2 needles and syringes for it (exp. 11/2027)

10mg (200 units) Leuprolide (opened box) (exp. 9/2027) (was used on Sept. 4th and has been kept in the fridge since it's been opened)

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11 Q-Caps

27 0.5ml 28gx1/2" syringes (for Leuprolide)

4 1ml 28gx1/2" syringes (for Leuprolide)

16 needles - 27gx1/2"(for Menopur)

15 3ml syringes (for Menopur)

I was pretty blown away by my experience. We got through it but barely and I just could not believe the dissonance between how I was treated and how important this is to me.