u/GonnaIoseit

I am doing egg retrieval ahead of a surgery on my only ovary. I’m 24 so hopefully the eggs are good quality, but I’m still gutted by this result.

At my baseline scan, I had an AFC of 47 (just on that one ovary!), and some point during stim they counted a total of 52 follicles of various sizes. My protocol was 150 Gonal F, 75 Menopur starting 3 days in, oral provera, and triggered with 80 units of Lupron. I stimmed for 11 days and my estradiol level on trigger day was 2200 or so. My AMH is 3.8 if that matters.

When I woke up, they let me know that they retrieved 20. I was really happy because that means I can probably go into surgery with a strong safe guard. Unfortunately, they later told me that only 7 of those 20 are mature.

I guess I am just really sad. I was hoping the number of mature eggs to be above 15 at least. It’s such a trip to go from 47 follicles -> 20 retrieved -> 7 frozen.

Now I don’t even know if I should do a second round. I would really prefer not to but 7 eggs doesn’t seem like nearly enough. Any thoughts?

Over the last year or so I have successfully lost around 40-50lbs. I have lost a total of 70 lbs from my highest weight in 2021. I am now on the edge of having a healthy BMI (my BMI is just around 25, so this is to say I’m not like underweight or anything). My goal is to lose another 20 something pounds to a BMI of around 22. My blood pressure, liver enzymes and general labs and so on have been looking amazing.

However, I feel so … delicate now compared to how I felt before. I used to be able to not eat for hours on end without it having any effects on my mood or performance (or at least nothing major). I used to be able to exercise fasted like it’s no big deal. Now if I go without eating for 4-5 hours and then attempt to do something physical after, I definitely feel it. The other day I went rock climbing with some friends after work (so the last time I ate was lunch). I felt so bad by 7pm that I thought I hated rock climbing - a friend gave me some full sugar Gatorade and I almost told him no because I never have full sugar drinks, but I felt infinitely better almost immediately. This has never happened to me before.

I used to be able to go from laying down to standing up in one swift motion with 0 issues. Now, if I stand up too fast I am literally seeing black dots on my peripheral vision (this might be an iron deficiency issue, but I have been supplementing religiously and my hemoglobin is normal). I used to be a consistent blood donor, and I have since had 2 incidents where I almost blacked out that made me very hesitant to donate.

Don’t get me wrong, I have definitely been feeling fitter from a cardiovascular perspective and I get winded way less easily. I can also do things like rock climbing now where it would have been impossible with 70lbs of extra weight. That said, am I doing something wrong here or is this just how being lighter is?

TW numbers

I lost my left ovary when I was 15 to ovarian torsion (caused by a dermoid cyst) and now my right ovary also has a dermoid on it. My doctors advised that I go through a round of ER to preserve fertility prior to attempting to remove it.

At my baseline we found out I had an AFC of 47 … on one ovary. It’s day 10 of stims and there are a total of 58 follicles visible of which 20 or so are over 10mm. Did I mention there is also a 4 ish cm dermoid AND a 3 cm functional cyst on there too?

Every time I sit down I regret my life. I can’t walk, I can only waddle. My poor long suffering ovary. I hope we are triggering tomorrow because I don’t know how much longer I (and my marriage) can take this.

Also, yesterday I tried the hack I saw on this sub to lick a lemon while injecting menopur so your brain would stop feeling the burning. Instead, my brain was so focused on the burning that I temporary experienced a non-sour lemon 🤣