No fertilisation with ICSI

[Baby Bliss]

I am not sure of the details, but I know some do ICSI with a polar light or something to better guide the sperm without damaging the egg. I'll try to find more info and post again later...

[kazza02]

Tish, Racey, Blizzy, Bec and Baby Bliss,

Thank you so much for your replies. I felt awful when I found out on Thursday and had no hope, but feel a lot better after reading your responses.

I don't feel I can sit around waiting and doing nothing, so I have decided I am going to get a second opinion because I haven't been happy with my FS for a while - I just can't decide whether to see another more experienced FS at Sydney IVF (Mark Bowman) or to go straight over to IVF Australia.

I am booked in to see a doctor who uses natural therapies to treat infertility and am also seeing a counsellor this week.

Tish, I wish you the best of luck and thank you for your advice about getting a second opinion.

Racey, thanks, I will discuss with the FS I see about stimulating more egg production and if there is anything to be done to help the fertility rate.

Blizzy, I'm sorry you low fert rates on your first cycle. I wish you the best of luck with your next cycle.

Bec, thanks, and I wish you the best of luck with your test.

Baby Bliss, if you find out I would be interested to know about the extra thing they do with ICSI to better guide the sperm into the egg. Good luck with your ICSI cycle in March.

Kazza

[briggsy's girl]

kazza - butterfly warrior had her eggs fertilised with ICSI using a polscope on her last cycle, and got better fertilisation results than her first with straight icsi - apparentluy what the polscope does is allow the embryologist to see the genetic material within the egg and ensure that the sperm is injected into a different area of the egg. most of us have our genetic material in one area of the egg but some are a little different, so straight icsi doesn't work so well. the quantity of BW's fert eggs that made it to blastocyte was about double on the second attempt....

i'm not sure which clinic she's with in Sydney - but if you get a chance maybe have a squiz at her TTC journal - it might have some more info

good luck in moving forward

BG

[kazza02]

BG, thanks so much for the info re the polscope, it's something else I can ask the FS when I see them. I will also look at BW's TTC journal.

Good luck in your TTC journey.

Kazza

[Baby Bliss]

I had a bit of a look. Its called a PolScope.

It is used to manipulate the egg during ICSI to avoid hitting the 'spindle' with the sperm. There is evidence that fragmented etc embryos might be the result of damage to the spindle during ICSI.

It is mentioned on the IVF Australia site (for an extra $350).

Try googling PolScope and ICSI and seeing what comes up. Hope that helps!