Coculture: anyone familiar with the procedure? Ghost?

[margi26]

We are two days away from ER!! My embryologist center stated that we will be doing a co-culture. I wasn't familiar with that procedure, but they say it can increase embryo quality and pregnancy rate. Anything that does that sounds good to me, but I was curious if other centers do it and if not, why not? Is it just the expense of it?

Thanks!!

[riogirl71]

http://www.ucsfhealth.org/education/emb ... culturing/

Wow that sounds really interesting, learn something new everyday! Baby dust!

[summit]

Never heard of it, but the link posted is interesting. I have done some research on Cornell, who does a biopsy of the endo. lining prior to retrieval and uses that to grow embryos.

Good luck to you Margi!

[Ghost]

There have been various kinds of co-culture. Most clinics don't use it, presumably because they don't think it has sufficient benefit, if any.