Ghost - i know this topic has come up numerous times but i cant seem to find the past threads. i am in my 5th cycle and i think its a bust so i am pondering the strategy for my 6th cycle. by the end of this cycle we will have transfered 14 embryos (day 3 and day 2) and got pregnant once. i am considering pushing for 5 day transfer next time. it looks like so many of our embryos are no good, we need to weed out the bad ones, so to speak.
what is the latest thinking on day 3 vs day 5? is there risk of losing good embryos by going to day 5? or has the procedure been perfected enough that one can be assured that if the embryo didnt survive to day 5 it wouldnt have resulted in pregnancy anyway.
Ghost: 3d vs. 5d
Ghost: 3d vs. 5d
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#1 IVF BFN
#2 FET DS born
#3 IVF ectopic
#4 FET BFN
#5 FET Chemical
#6 IVF, BFP at 8dpo, beta 215, started out with twins, one vanished at 6 weeks, EDD 9/4/12
Re: Ghost: 3d vs. 5d
Many clinics transfer day 3 if the cohort is small. They figure they don't need blast culture to figure out which to transfer if there are only one or two good ones on day 3.LYD10 wrote:Ghost - i know this topic has come up numerous times but i cant seem to find the past threads. i am in my 5th cycle and i think its a bust so i am pondering the strategy for my 6th cycle. by the end of this cycle we will have transfered 14 embryos (day 3 and day 2) and got pregnant once. i am considering pushing for 5 day transfer next time. it looks like so many of our embryos are no good, we need to weed out the bad ones, so to speak.
what is the latest thinking on day 3 vs day 5? is there risk of losing good embryos by going to day 5? or has the procedure been perfected enough that one can be assured that if the embryo didnt survive to day 5 it wouldnt have resulted in pregnancy anyway.
Makes sense, but there is more going on than the one cycle.
Suppose you transfer those two and nothing happens? This is pretty common. Did they reach the blast stage or arrest? We don't get this information if we transferred day 3. If they are all arresting before reaching blast, that would give us a huge hint that the embryos are genetically abnormal. If they form great blasts, but still fail to implant, we start to suspect the uterus instead.
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