Posted by Liz on July 12, 19100 at 08:25:32:
Age = 27
Dx = Male Factor
My first IVF cycle yielded 19 eggs but well over half were immature, so there was only one embryo left for transfer. For the 2nd cycle, the doctor recommended a high responder protocol: bcp's for about 4 weeks, overlapped for one week with Lupron (20IU's). Well, this cycle yielded the same number of eggs, but even less were mature. I also stimmed just as fast in the 2nd cycle as I did in the first -- retrieval was only 9 days after began stims.
My question is: are there more aggressive high resonder protocols than the one I was on? Also, is this problem related to my age, and is there any benefit to waiting a year or two until my ovaries are less hyper-active?