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Certain questions seem to keep recurring and the current most common can be summarized in this post:
1st Cycle IVF – No PGS Normal
Some background information on me, my husband has 0% morph, everything else is good (motility and volume). My LH is 7.7, FSH 5.3, AMH 4.5, these are all from the last round of CD3 testing.
We did our first round of IVF with antagonist protocol with Lupron trigger (80 units), I had 21 follicles and they only retrieved 11 eggs, the other sacs were “empty”. Of the 11 eggs only 9 were mature. I was quite concerned with that number, because from my research follicles are never “empty” it is just that the egg failed to mature and drop from the follicle wall. After doing some reading on Lupron trigger, this can occur when the lupron doesn’t produce the appropriate response in the brain. I ended up with 3 day 5 blasts, BX and send for PGS with natera. None came back normal (one had XXX). My MD first said that he thought the issue could have been the lupron trigger didn’t mature my eggs completely, which may have caused some issues, this is what I leaned towards.
The next appointment he said something else that was concerning, he said that “this is why you haven’t been getting pregnant” because you have abnormal eggs.
Is this even an actual diagnosis? Or have you seen a similar issue with lupron trigger in any of your patients? If so what is your recommendation on HcG?
Thank you for your opinion!
The answer:
If you look back at past posts you will see that this issue of no normal PGS blasts is very common. The most usual scenario is that you do another cycle and may do much better. Just rotten luck.
The Lupron issue can be overcome by using an hCG co-trigger and double checked by getting a progesterone level the day after trigger and a urine LH test. That was probably not related to the PGS results but should result in a better retrieval.
I notice that you cleverly left out your age which could be a factor despite your encouraging numbers.
She is now into another cycle. Keep watching the Forum for an update.
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