About Sarah Conlon Expertise I can answer questions about to trying to conceive, as well as infertility related questions, pregnancy issues and emotional issues that coincide with all of the above.
Experience I am a licensed psychologist and have personally dealt with infertility and pregnancy loss. I would like to share my knowledge, psychological training and personal experience to help others.
Education/Credentials Master's Degree in psychology
Question Hi there, I am doing a FET early September. I have 2 blastocyst frozen (one early blast one hatched bl). My Doctor said i should do it in a natural cycle. when I asked him what if i don't ovulate on my own, he said I think you will. i am confused because the reason that I am going through this is I have low egg reserve (i am 36). why would he think I will ovulate on my own?? Can any one help? Also I am planning to transfer just one, the early blastocyst (pray it will survive the thaw). Last cycle i was scheduled to do day 5 fresh transfer but got cancelled by my doctor as my two eggs retrieved did not develop into blastocyst (they surpassed morula on day 5 and on day 6 they did not see blastocyst and they discarded them). I was so mad at the doctor as I told him that if on day 6 they did not develop into blastocyst I would do transfer anyway. So day 6 i called and anxiously wait for a call back. later in the afternoon nobody called me back. I finally got a hold of a nurse and was only told that they discarded them - I was furious...can someone share your thoughts? I feel like i can't deal with this any more.
Answer Hello,
I'm sorry to hear of your situation. It's always frustrating when doing IVF and you can't get ahold of the actual doctors. I'm not sure why the doctor thinks you would ovulate on your own if you have a low reserve. I would recommend calling them and demanding to speak to the doctor instead of the nurses. It's been my experience that the nurses don't always know how to answer the questions, but will say something just to appease you, even if it's no the correct answer, to avoid sending the question to the busy doctors. Are they monitoring you via ultrasound? If that is the case, you will know whether you ovulate. It's hard to predict whether this will happen, but with monitoring with ultrasound and bloodwork, they'll be able to know. There are two reproductive endocrinologists on here that answer questions, so you might also want to consult them as they might have more experience in this area than myself. They are both great. Good luck.
