Hello everyone. I am 41 years old and had a successful IVF last year at age 40. At that time, I produced 24 follicles and had 24 eggs. 21 of those eggs fertilized and I transferred 4 grade 2 embryos on a Day 3 transfer. Two implanted. One blighted ovum and one beautiful heartbeat at 6 weeks. We watched our beautiful miracle grow until week 13 when during a routine ultrasound we learned that our tiny bundle of hope and joy no longer had a heartbeat. I cannot begin to describe the devastation we felt! It took 8 mths for AF to return and we scrounged up the big bucks for one last try. I just completed my 2nd IVF at age 41.5 and I have a question.....have any of you made it to the egg retrieval stage and the doctor was unable to aspirate all of the follicles? This happened to me and I am wondering how common the occurrence is. During this cycle I had 16 follicles and my doctor was only able to get to 6 of those. Of those 6, all 6 contained eggs but only one of those eggs fertilized and by Day 3 we had one four cell grade 3 embryo. This embryo had a 1-5% chance of survival but we transferred it anyway. needless to say, I recieved the bad news yesterday. I am again devastated although I felt prepared. I am just so frustrated as I feel like I didn't really get a fair chance without all of my follicles being aspirated. I know my doctor did the best that could be done but yet I feel so taken for surprise as I didn't even know it was an option for this to happen. It must have been in the paper work I signed, but I certainly don't remember reading it. The egg retrieval is such a critical step in this entire process and I feel so incredibly disappointed and defective. Do any of you have any thoughts on this?
I wish each and every one of you success in your cycles! God bless you all and thanks for listening. 
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