Abstract for the Recent Study on Eggs
15 years ago
Saturday, June 27, 2015
ALL THE VITRIFIED EGGS DIED ON THAW
7 years later, I went to use the frozen eggs, and 100% died immediately on thaw.
They were supposed to survive thaw with over a 90% success rate. Instead, every single one died. These were not slow freeze - these were vitrified. These eggs were so good, Dr. B told me at the time that he wouldn't let me do another freeze cycle because I had so many perfect 32 year old eggs.
This is unfathomable. I cannot begin to explain the grief I am feeling.
I have a call with Dr. B on Monday morning.
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I read through your entire blog a few months ago while debating whether to have my eggs frozen. I just saw your update today and I am so sorry; my heart goes out to you. I hope you were able to get some clarity into what happened.
I'm so so sorry to hear of your loss. Thoughts and prayers are with you and sending love and light your way.
I am so sorry! :(
That is heartbreaking news. I am so, so sorry.
This is terrible. So sorry to hear! Did you get an information from your doctor about why this happened?
I'm so sorry for your loss, I just came across your blog, I have 13 eggs frozen just 3 years ago at 38 and now I'm thinking of going through the process of thawing them.. did the doctor give you any information on why this happened?
Are you going to try again?
Is there any update? I'm researching freezing my eggs and I can't find any success stories in blogs rather than statistics. Thank you!
That means scientist have not reached the egg freezing techniques yet and should not be offered to people until the success rate is at least 30-50%. Sorry to hear that and wish you all the luck.
I am so, so sorry. Best wishes on the next steps.
I read your blog and is so sad for you. So sorry. Iam thinking about freezing my eggs. Iam 36.
Hi did u get to do the thawning?? Pls let me know on the success rate
Hi, I thawed my eggs in April, 14 perfect eggs ended up as 6 eggs,
devastated ... 5 fertilised, 3 made it to day 4, nothing made it to day 5 blast... I had fast freezing done, was quoted a 90% success rate, AMH was 9.2 at the time with 20 follicles.... ( age 38 and a few months). they cannot say whether it's my egg quality or the freezing process. I have also come across another person who had a perfect PGS frozen embryo that failed a thaw. I'm going through IVF again next month ( I'm 42.5) You can't risk one batch of frozen eggs, do multiple, if cost is an issue get yourself to Gennet in Prague which is really low cost egg freezing, I know loads of people attending there from the UK.
Me I'm now on CO Q10 Ubiquinol,DHEA 75 MG, Melatonin 3 MG for 6 weeks, Folic acid and a good prenatal vitiam, and praying for a Miracle. My AMH went from 2.2 last year to 3.6 this year with 3 follicles. What's to learn from this is to have multiple freezing rounds, take nothing for granted as your eggs might just not like freezing, the more you have the better in multiple rounds just in case the freeze was a bad one . Best to all xx
In adding to my comment previous, I would have done more freezing if I went back in time. I am going to give it my best shot at IVF, throw the kitchen sink at it, so I can live with knowing I did everything I possibly could to try and have a baby xx
As a biologist who has worked in research labs for years, it's clear to me that some people are good with their hands in the lab. The same holds true for embryologists in embryology labs. The sad failure rate of the blog owner's eggs tells me one thing: most likely the embryologist who froze (or perhaps the one who thawed) her eggs repeated the identical technical error 27 times. I would caution against only one egg freezing cycle, no matter the outcome in egg number of the first cycle. As someone above suggested, multiple cycles will mitigate the risk that someone in the lab mishandled your eggs. If you're not morally, financially, or otherwise opposed, I would also suggest that some eggs be fertilized to create embryos. You will gain invaluable information about the quality of your eggs by seeing fertilization rates, rates of blastocyst formation, embryo grades, etc. And it will take you one step closer to becoming a parent should you not find a partner in time, or if you find a partner who is infertile himself. All in all, I'm sad that women are in this position. Freezing eggs and embryos is a gamble. As many people have cautioned, it gives you a chance at a future pregnancy, but only a chance. For so many reasons, the statistics can mislead women into a false sense of trust in the science. There are enough unknowns to make this an incredibly risky and costly endeavor for any woman.
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