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  1. October 20th, 2013, 12:01 AM #1
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    7 follicles on Day 8--is there any hope?

    I'm on day 8 of stims of cycle #2. I'm 41. AFC was 14. My labs were ok. Doing Micro-flare protocol with omnitrope and dhea. There are 7 follicles growing and a whole bunch of small ones lagging behind. The doctor does not think the others will catch up. The doctor wants to trigger tomorrow or the next day. I guess I'm feeling discouraged. In my first cycle, which was 2 years ago, I had 22 eggs retrieved and only 1 normal embryo resulted, which ended up not surviving the thaw. Now with only 7, I'm assuming the worst. Has anyone had good luck with 7 follicles at this stage? Is there any hope for me?


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  2. October 20th, 2013, 01:38 AM #2
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    I only had 4 first cycle (i was 44) and still got 1xx and a BFP but sadly miscarried at 9 weeks. With fewer follicles u may get better quality and remember it only takes 1 and some luck with gender split. Good luck.xx
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  3. October 20th, 2013, 03:54 AM #3
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    There is hope! I only had 8 follicles and in the end only had 11 collected. 10 were mature, 9 fertilised and 8 made it to biopsy. I was lucky to end up with 1XY and 4XX. U just never know. It someone's comes down to chance. Quality is a factor. When is ur next scan?
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  4. October 20th, 2013, 10:01 AM #4
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    I go back in today. They will trigger me okay or tomorrow. I just wonder if there is any hope for the small follicles to catch up. I have some around 8 or 9. My largest is about 18. Should I insist that they wait?


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  5. October 20th, 2013, 10:05 AM #5
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    "Okay" auto corrected. Was supposed to say "today".


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  6. October 20th, 2013, 11:46 AM #6
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    No the small ones will not make it at this point. They need to be approaching 20mm. You just need one good one. I don't think your response is atypical for someone in their 40's. We've had people in their 30's get fewer than 10 plenty of times. Your biggest issue is really finding a normal. There's always a chance.
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  7. October 20th, 2013, 10:50 PM #7
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    I only had 5 follicles my first time but it resulted in a pair of twins so yes it's not the quantity but quality.
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  8. October 21st, 2013, 12:16 AM #8
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    Thank you for the encouraging responses. Did those of you who responded also go through day 5 PGD with freezing of embryos?


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  9. October 21st, 2013, 12:17 AM #9
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    The trigger is tonight. I have about 5 large ones. Possible for 2 more to catch up.


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  10. October 24th, 2013, 11:32 PM #10
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