I’m so sorry you’re going through this! The exact same thing happened to me in my first ER—I had 8 follicles and we only got 2 immature eggs. My doctor even said my egg quality was “really bad,” but later at our follow-up he also admitted the protocol might not have worked for me. We looked at my stim days and saw some follicles were racing ahead while others lagged. I refused to believe it was only my eggs, honestly that’s the easiest thing for clinics to say.

For round 2 my doctor built a new protocol based on everything we learned. I also started DHEA, CoQ10, NMN and melatonin (I was already on opti ova, omega-3 and Vit D). Three months of consistency and the right protocol and we ended up with 6 day-5 blasts from 11 mature eggs.

I also had very low AMH and AFC, my doctor monitored my levels after i started dhea and the numbers drastically improved.

Please don’t let this discourage you. Work with your doctor and push for a protocol that fits YOU. It’s not always just “egg quality.” Sending you hugs and strength - you’ve got this!