Bad Eggs?
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 8:17 am
My husband and I have tried surrogacy unsuccessfully twice before, and it looks like this is our third failure. We are a same-sex couple. We purchased 18 eggs from the same egg donor. I fertilized some. My husband fertilized others. We successfully transferred two 5 day blasts back in 2013, and one survived the transfer. Our surrogate miscarried (maybe around the 10th week). We then tried again with a different surrogate and one embryo fertilized by my husband. The transfer was a success. The second surrogate miscarried again--I think also around the 10th week. Earlier this year, we tried a third time with again a different surrogate. (Our third surrogate!) This surrogate has been a gestational carrier in the past (successfully). We transferred one embryo fertilized by me. The transfer was a success. Like each time before, we had great numbers on the blood test. But at the first ultrasound there was no heartbeat. The fetus was a few days underdeveloped. We did a second ultrasound this week. The fetus had grown only 4 days in a 7 day period. Fetal poles were present, but no heartbeat. It looks like we are bracing for another miscarriage.
The only consistent factor in each of our three attempts has been the eggs. (We used different surrogates and different sperm.) But we learned from our clinic that this donor has produced eggs that led to 2 (or maybe 3) successful pregnancies in the past.
Is it possible that the 18 eggs we purchased were "bad?" Maybe they came from a different batch than the others from this donor that were ok?
The only consistent factor in each of our three attempts has been the eggs. (We used different surrogates and different sperm.) But we learned from our clinic that this donor has produced eggs that led to 2 (or maybe 3) successful pregnancies in the past.
Is it possible that the 18 eggs we purchased were "bad?" Maybe they came from a different batch than the others from this donor that were ok?