Feeling depressed

Emma

I had my egg retrieval on Monday and they managed to retrieve 13 eggs, seven fertilized the next day and on day three, four were looking good and the other three were slow developers. I was at risk of OHSS so it was going to be a freeze all cycle. We used ICSI. Well I got the call today from the embryologist on day five to let me know that none of the fertilized eggs made it to blastocyst. I am so gutted, I tried not to let myself get excited but I couldn’t help it as they seemed to be doing well on day three and I started letting myself imagine next stages etc. I now feel empty and feel that all the work we’ve done before with the scans, injections, retrieval was for nothing. I know IVF is so variable but I let myself think that this could work first time. I worry now that there is a bigger problem that won’t be solved by IVF. I can’t help but feel sad, angry and guilty that I couldn’t do this. I know I just need to pick myself up and get on with it but it’s very hard xx

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