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Hello – I have gone through 5 rounds of freezing embryos with limited success, primarily due to very low maturity rates of my eggs (~25%). For example, I recently retrieved 27 eggs, similar in size, dr. pushed the size greater than 20, used a dual trigger, and only 7 eggs were mature at the time […]

Hi I’m 27 years old with lean pcos. I have had 2 good quality blastocyst transfers, both giving me faint BFP on 5 days past transfer which slowly goes to negative by 12-13 days past transfer. I don’t have endometritis, no hormonal issues eg thyroid, blood clotting normal, I have had a hycosy which showed

Hi I’m 27 years old with lean pcos. I have had 2 good quality blastocyst transfers, both giving me faint BFP on 5 days past transfer which slowly goes to negative by 12-13 days past transfer. I don’t have endometritis, no hormonal issues eg thyroid, blood clotting normal, I have had a hycosy which showed

Hi Dr Sher, I am preparing to do a FET this cycle with a modified natural protocol. At my previous appointment my lining was only 5.1 but after 2 days of estrogen it increased to a 7.9 and I used the trigger shot. However, when I went in today for a monitoring appointment the day

Hi Dr Sher, Thanks for all the wonderful work that you do! I’ve just had my third miscarriage, I have no living children. This was my first IVF pregnancy. Our embryo was genetically tested and I was on an immune protocol (intralipids before embryo transfer, 20mg prednisilone, 40mg clexane, 200mg progesterone twice a day). We

Hi Dr. Sher, I finished a uterine lining check mid April for admittance to a refund insurance plan and we got to 9 mm thickness on oral, patch and shot forms of estrogen. This was after a previous mock cycle the month prior that only got to 5 mm on oral estrogen only. I did

I am 40-year-old female trying to get pregnant. My estrogen levels and my AMH are rather low and my follicular phase very long of 27 days. Before going for IVF I am trying to improve my ovulation. My gynecologist gave me HRT (estrogen gel) that I should use every day. I should also take Letrozole

Hello there! I’m currently on my first cycle of IVF after 4 failed attempts of IUI. I have been prescribed 150 units of gonal f, and 75 units of menopur. At my first scan on day 6 of being on stimulantion meds, it showed I have 21 follicles growing, but they are very small (7-8mm).

Hello Dr. Sher, I just had my egg retrieval on Friday and everything went well other than the fact that I developed mild-moderate OHSS. 25 eggs were retrieved, 18 mature, and of the 18, 16 were fertilized. I just looked at the report and I see a couple of things that concern me with regards

Hi doctor Sher During my egg retrieval yesterday they only found some cumulus cells no oocytes. What does this mean? Can there be cumulus cells without eggs?